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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 2007Marion County, Schley County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2007, 4:13 PM EST for Marion County, Schley County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 1, 2007, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2007, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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
Mar 1, 4:20 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Buena Vista, GA	ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 26 NEAR THE CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY BORDER.

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
Mar 1, 10:47 AM EST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 376 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 012114
SVRFFC
GAC197-249-307-012145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0028.070301T2113Z-070301T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
413 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 412 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE 
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING 
  WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST OF BUENA 
  VISTA TO DRANEVILLE TO SOUTHWEST OF DRANEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BRANTLEY AND PUTNAM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3211 8461 3222 8465 3234 8465 3255 8444
      3252 8445 3243 8442 3240 8438 3241 8436
      3237 8435 3239 8432 3237 8431 3194 8462

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 012135
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
433 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

GAC307-012143-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070301T2145Z/
WEBSTER GA-
433 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEBSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF WEBSTER COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELED.

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 3220 8461 3222 8465 3234 8465 3255 8444
      3252 8445 3243 8442 3240 8438 3241 8436
      3237 8435 3239 8432 3237 8431 3223 8433
      3218 8458

$$

GAC197-249-012145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070301T2145Z/
SCHLEY GA-MARION GA-
433 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST
FOR MARION AND WESTERN SCHLEY COUNTIES...

AT 431 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TAZEWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS SUCH AS BRANTLEY...BUENA 
VISTA...PUTNAM...AND DOYLE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3220 8461 3222 8465 3234 8465 3255 8444
      3252 8445 3243 8442 3240 8438 3241 8436
      3237 8435 3239 8432 3237 8431 3223 8433
      3218 8458

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 3:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stewart, Webster	39 min
Mar 1, 4:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Stewart	31 min
Mar 1, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Marion	37 min
Mar 1, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taylor	26 min
Mar 1, 4:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Taylor	36 min
Mar 1, 5:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Marion	30 min
Mar 1, 5:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Macon, Schley, Taylor	34 min
Mar 1, 5:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford	30 min
Mar 1, 5:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bibb	25 min
Mar 1, 5:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Crawford, Peach	35 min
Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jones, Monroe	37 min
Mar 1, 6:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bibb	42 min
Mar 1, 6:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Marion, Taylor	49 min
Mar 1, 6:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	41 min
Mar 1, 6:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Jones	40 min
Mar 1, 6:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Putnam	35 min
Mar 1, 6:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Baldwin	47 min
Mar 1, 6:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot	36 min
Mar 1, 6:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Jones	18 min

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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.