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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2007Barrow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 7:03 PM EDT for Barrow County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barrow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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°0°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 122303
SVRFFC
GAC013-122330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0183.070612T2303Z-070612T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 657 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 NEAR
  RUSSELL...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WINDER AND FORT YARGO STATE PARK.

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 3402 8351 3411 8370 3399 8386 3390 8362

$$

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, 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, 7:18 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.