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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 2007Baldwin County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2007, 6:25 PM EST for Baldwin County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 1, 7:10 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 W Milledgeville, GATREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 10:47 AM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 376 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 012326
SVRFFC
GAC009-237-020000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0031.070301T2325Z-070302T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 620 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND 
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WEST 
  OF MERIWETHER TO SOUTHWEST OF HARDWICK...MOVING   NORTHEAST AT 
  20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EATONTON AND MILLEDGEVILLE.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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 3326 8325 3319 8328 3316 8316 3307 8322
      3300 8337 3318 8342 3318 8353 3326 8352
      3340 8324 3337 8322 3339 8318 3331 8315

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster39 min
Mar 1, 4:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Webster32 min
Mar 1, 4:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCStewart31 min
Mar 1, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion37 min
Mar 1, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor26 min
Mar 1, 4:54 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaylor36 min
Mar 1, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMarion30 min
Mar 1, 5:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor34 min
Mar 1, 5:15 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford30 min
Mar 1, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb25 min
Mar 1, 5:40 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Peach35 min
Mar 1, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe37 min
Mar 1, 6:03 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb42 min
Mar 1, 6:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMarion, Taylor49 min
Mar 1, 6:19 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee41 min
Mar 1, 6:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJones40 min
Mar 1, 6:43 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin47 min
Mar 1, 6:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot36 min
Mar 1, 6:57 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJones18 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.