Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 5:58 PM EDT for Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 7 reports 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, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Commerce, GA | DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT A LOCATION OFF OF HOODS MILL ROAD. |
| Jun 12, 6:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Commerce, GA | HAIL REPORTED NEAR BANKS COUNTY LINE. |
| Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Jefferson, GA | |
| Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Jefferson, GA | DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Jefferson, GA | |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Jefferson, GA | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HWY 82 AND 129. |
| Jun 12, 6:51 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Jefferson, GA | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WITH ATLEAST ONE PIECE REACHING BASEBALL SIZED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 122159 SVRFFC GAC157-122245- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0178.070612T2158Z-070612T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 558 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 558 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF COMMERCE...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COMMERCE...MAYSVILLE...JEFFERSON AND ARCADE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. 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 3422 8334 3431 8349 3412 8379 3402 8343 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 122220 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 620 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 GAC157-122245- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-070612T2245Z/ JACKSON GA- 620 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR JACKSON COUNTY... AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR APPLE VALLEY...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JEFFERSON...ARCADE AND PENDERGRASS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3422 8334 3431 8349 3412 8379 3402 8343 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 3:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 5:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 5:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 19 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 13 min |
| Jun 12, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 14 min |
| Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Rockdale | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.