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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2007Lamar County, Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 2:38 AM EDT for Lamar County, Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2007, 2:38 AM EDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 120638
SVRFFC
GAC171-231-120730-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0168.070612T0638Z-070612T0730Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 236 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 NEAR
  ZEBULON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PIEDMONT...CHAPPEL...BARNESVILLE...GOGGINS AND JOHNSTONVILLE.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3320 8440 3303 8444 3297 8408 3318 8404

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 120712
SVSFFC

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

GAC231-120721-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-070612T0730Z/
PIKE GA-
311 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS OVER NORTH PIKE COUNTY HAS MOVED 
INTO LAMAR COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF PRODUCING SEVERE 
WEATHER IN PIKE COUNTY.

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 3318 8425 3302 8426 3297 8408 3318 8404

$$

GAC171-120730-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-070612T0730Z/
LAMAR GA-
311 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT
FOR LAMAR COUNTY...

AT 310 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILNER...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHAPPEL...GOGGINS AND JOHNSTONVILLE.

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 3318 8425 3302 8426 3297 8408 3318 8404

$$

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, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford45 min
Jun 12, 1:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach38 min
Jun 12, 2:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach20 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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.