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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 2007Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 10:39 PM EDT for Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2007-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1447 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 2007-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 130240
SVRFFC
GAC263-130330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0197.070613T0239Z-070613T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1039 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS STORM WAS 
  LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF PRATTSBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  JUNCTION CITY AND AREAS EAST OF TALBOTTON.

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 3277 8428 3284 8443 3260 8458 3255 8436

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 130253
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1052 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

GAC263-130330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-070613T0330Z/
TALBOT GA-
1052 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN TALBOT COUNTY...

AT 1050 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP 
TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PRATTSBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JUNCTION CITY AND TALBOTTON.

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 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 3277 8428 3284 8443 3260 8458 3255 8436

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 130306
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1104 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

GAC263-130330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-070613T0330Z/
TALBOT GA-
1104 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN TALBOT COUNTY...

AT 1059 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED AND 
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRATTSBURG...
MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JUNCTION CITY.

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.

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 3277 8428 3284 8443 3260 8458 3255 8436

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 130315
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1114 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

GAC263-130324-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-070613T0330Z/
TALBOT GA-
1114 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM
FROM AROUND JUNCTION CITY TO GENEVA.

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 3277 8428 3284 8443 3260 8458 3255 8436

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry45 min
Jun 12, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton20 min
Jun 12, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry31 min
Jun 12, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam39 min
Jun 12, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding52 min
Jun 12, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar48 min
Jun 12, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson47 min
Jun 12, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel23 min
Jun 13, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.