Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2007, 5:07 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 1, 2007, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stapleton, GA | FEW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 012107
SVRFFC
GAC163-012145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0262.070701T2107Z-070701T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MATTHEWS TO WRENS TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STELLAVILLE.
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 3332 8237 3321 8251 3311 8264 3290 8251
3296 8228 3308 8228 3323 8224
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 012125
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007
GAC163-012145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-070701T2145Z/
JEFFERSON GA-
525 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MATTHEWS TO 6 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE
TO 13 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3332 8237 3321 8251 3311 8264 3290 8251
3296 8228 3308 8228 3323 8224
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 20 min |
| Jul 1, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 30 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.