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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2007Jackson County, Georgia

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.

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, 6:10 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Commerce, GADIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT A LOCATION OFF OF HOODS MILL ROAD.
Jun 12, 6:10 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Commerce, GAHAIL REPORTED NEAR BANKS COUNTY LINE.
Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Jefferson, GA
Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Jefferson, GADIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
Jun 12, 6:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Jefferson, GA
Jun 12, 6:45 PM EDTHAIL 1Jefferson, GAQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HWY 82 AND 129.
Jun 12, 6:51 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Jefferson, GAPUBLIC 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

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, 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, 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.