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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 29, 2007Carroll County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2007, 5:08 PM EDT for Carroll County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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 29, 2007, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
37 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 5:25 PM EDTHAIL 0.253 S Villa Rica, GAREPORTED IN SAND HILL.

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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2007-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 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 2007-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 292108
SVRFFC
GAC045-292145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0239.070629T2108Z-070629T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
508 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED AROUND
  VILLA RICA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLEM
  AND CARROLLTON.

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 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 3350 8509 3370 8506 3372 8504 3374 8504
      3373 8503 3373 8491 3358 8491 3357 8484
      3352 8483 3349 8487

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCHall3 hr
Jun 28, 11:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLumpkin3 hr
Jun 29, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar37 min
Jun 29, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren35 min
Jun 29, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper44 min
Jun 29, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson25 min
Jun 29, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot30 min
Jun 29, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren46 min
Jun 29, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon30 min
Jun 29, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones34 min
Jun 29, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Hancock30 min
Jun 29, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta32 min
Jun 29, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson27 min
Jun 29, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll25 min
Jun 29, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard27 min
Jun 29, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens23 min
Jun 29, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta31 min
Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup27 min
Jun 29, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Fulton36 min
Jun 29, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb25 min
Jun 29, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb51 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.