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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2007Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 1:15 AM EDT for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2007, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 1:45 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG7 Se Horns, GA75 TO 80 TREES DOWNED. LINES DOWN. IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT DAMAGED. MINOR DAMAGE TO HOME ON HOUZE RD. PART OF SIDING FROM DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME REMOVED ON GREER RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 235 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 120515
SVRFFC
GAC079-120600-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0165.070612T0515Z-070612T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
115 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 111 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH
  OF HORNS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROBERTA AND KNOXVILLE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3272 8410 3253 8401 3269 8376 3275 8383

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 120541
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
140 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

GAC079-120600-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-070612T0600Z/
CRAWFORD GA-
140 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...

AT 137 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HORNS...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL THE 
SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. EXPECT FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.

LAT...LON 3272 8410 3253 8401 3269 8376 3275 8383

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee32 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMuscogee32 min
Jun 11, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot35 min
Jun 12, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion29 min
Jun 12, 12:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor64 min
Jun 12, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris33 min
Jun 12, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee38 min
Jun 12, 1:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach38 min
Jun 12, 2:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach20 min
Jun 12, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike52 min
Jun 12, 3:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe29 min
Jun 12, 5:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter26 min
Jun 12, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris28 min
Jun 12, 5:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart40 min
Jun 12, 5:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter16 min
Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb24 min
Jun 12, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth19 min
Jun 12, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks36 min
Jun 12, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall13 min
Jun 12, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson47 min
Jun 12, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite36 min
Jun 12, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow26 min
Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall25 min
Jun 12, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson14 min
Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow27 min
Jun 12, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton57 min
Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett35 min
Jun 12, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth34 min
Jun 12, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale53 min
Jun 12, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett34 min
Jun 12, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison32 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.