Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2007Clayton County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2007, 10:27 PM EDT for Clayton County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 30, 2007, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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 30, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Fayetteville, GAONE TREE BLOWN DOWN.

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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 2007-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1053 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
1053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 010227
SVRFFC
GAC063-113-010315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0253.070701T0227Z-070701T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1027 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1025 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
  RIVERDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FOREST PARK...CONLEY...LAKE CITY...MORROW...JONESBORO...IRONDALE
  AND BONANZA.

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 3368 8443 3352 8455 3341 8435 3360 8422

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton36 min
Jul 1, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin23 min
Jul 1, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson47 min
Jul 1, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall53 min
Jul 1, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson60 min
Jul 1, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow62 min
Jul 1, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge23 min
Jul 1, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee52 min
Jul 1, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock27 min
Jul 1, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson38 min
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington50 min
Jul 1, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton20 min
Jul 1, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard38 min
Jul 1, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry38 min
Jul 1, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta25 min
Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts25 min
Jul 1, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether44 min
Jul 1, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth30 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.