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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 2007Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2007, 9:30 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 26, 2007, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2007, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1209 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 270130
SVRFFC
GAC139-270215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0320.070727T0130Z-070727T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
930 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 927 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.  
THIS   STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN LULA AND CLERMONT...MOVING EAST AT 
10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CLERMONT AND LULA.

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 3451 8382 3444 8384 3431 8366 3447 8364

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 270213
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1012 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

GAC139-270222-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-070727T0215Z/
HALL GA-
1012 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 1015 PM EDT...

AT 1009 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 
THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST HALL COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED 
CONSIDERABLY AND ARE ALSO MOVING INTO WHITE AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER DETECTED IN HALL COUNTY AT THIS 
TIME. THUS...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE FOR 
ANOTHER 15 MINUTES OR SO IN EXTREME NORTHEAST HALL 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 3451 8382 3444 8384 3431 8366 3447 8364

$$


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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.