Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2007, 6:22 PM EDT for Henry 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, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Locust Grove, GA |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 012223 RRA SVRFFC GAC151-012300- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0266.070701T2222Z-070701T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 622 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 617 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 CENTERED BETWEEN HAMPTON AND MCDONOUGH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LUELLA AND LOCUST GROVE. 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 3349 8424 3343 8432 3330 8417 3339 8403 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 012236 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 636 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 GAC151-012300- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-070701T2300Z/ HENRY GA- 636 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY... AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LUELLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCUST GROVE. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3349 8424 3343 8432 3330 8417 3339 8403 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 012258 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 657 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 GAC151-012307- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0266.000000T0000Z-070701T2300Z/ HENRY GA- 657 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM EDT... AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS WEAKENING OVER SOUTHEAST HENRY COUNTY. . 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 3349 8424 3343 8432 3330 8417 3339 8403 $$
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, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 38 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, 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.