Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2007, 4:01 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Jul 6, 2007, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2007, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 6, 4:19 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 E Canton, GA | |
| Jul 6, 4:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Canton, GA |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 062002
SVRFFC
GAC057-062030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0272.070706T2001Z-070706T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
401 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BUFFINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FREE
HOME....CANTON AND FREE HOME.
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 3419 8432 3419 8435 3414 8437 3414 8449
3431 8449 3431 8442 3432 8441 3433 8427
3420 8426
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 062034
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
431 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007
GAC057-062041-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-070706T2030Z/
CHEROKEE GA-
431 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 430 PM EDT...
AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OVER THE EASTERN
PORTION OF CHEROKEE COUNTY HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO THE EXTREME
NORTHERN PORTION OF FULTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREE
HOME...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AS IT MOVES THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTH FULTON AND FORSYTH COUNTIES.
DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3419 8432 3419 8435 3414 8437 3414 8449
3431 8449 3431 8442 3432 8441 3433 8427
3420 8426
$$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.