Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
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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 15, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bowdon, GA | 911 OFFICE REPORTS AT LEAST 3 TREES DOWN IN BOWDON. |
| Jun 15, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Roopville, GA | EMA OFFICE REPORTS AT LEAST 2 TREES DOWN IN ROOPVILLE. |
| Jun 15, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tyus, GA | EMA 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 48 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.