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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 15, 2007Carroll County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2007, 4:27 PM EDT for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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 15, 2007, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2007, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 15, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBowdon, GA911 OFFICE REPORTS AT LEAST 3 TREES DOWN IN BOWDON.
Jun 15, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRoopville, GAEMA OFFICE REPORTS AT LEAST 2 TREES DOWN IN ROOPVILLE.
Jun 15, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTyus, GAEMA OFFICE REPORTS AT LEAST 2 TREES DOWN IN TYUS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2007-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2007-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 152027
SVRFFC
GAC045-152100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0203.070615T2027Z-070615T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
427 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOWDON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ROOPVILLE.

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 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 3340 8510 3354 8501 3376 8577 3354 8585

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 152051
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

GAC045-152100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0203.000000T0000Z-070615T2100Z/
CARROLL GA-
449 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY...

AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROOPVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR 
BOWDEN.

THE MOST SEVERE PORTIONS OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL EXIT CARROLL 
COUNTY AND MOVE INTO HEARD COUNTY BY 5 PM.

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 3340 8510 3354 8501 3376 8577 3354 8585

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard66 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk33 min
Jun 15, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.