Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 2007, 9:19 AM EST for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2007, 9:19 AM EST (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 051419
SVRFFC
GAC149-285-051500-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0003.070105T1419Z-070105T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
919 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1000 AM EST
* AT 916 AM EST...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 GLENN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARESVILLE...HARRISONVILLE...FRANKLIN AND SIMPSON.
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 3322 8525 3296 8520 3323 8492 3343 8501
3342 8514
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 051443
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
942 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
GAC285-051452-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070105T1500Z/
TROUP GA-
942 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TROUP COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT TRIGGERED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO HEARD COUNTY AND
WEAKENED SLIGHTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3322 8525 3312 8521 3323 8492 3343 8501
3342 8514
$$
GAC149-051500-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070105T1500Z/
HEARD GA-
942 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST
FOR HEARD COUNTY...
AT 937 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FRANKLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED
SLIGHTLY...BUT WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
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 3322 8525 3312 8521 3323 8492 3343 8501
3342 8514
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 8:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 10:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 47 min |
| Jan 5, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 11:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 38 min |
| Jan 5, 12:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, White | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jan 5, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jan 5, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jan 5, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 22 min |
| Jan 5, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.