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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2007, 5:11 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 28, 2007, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Toombs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:12 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Sse Vidalia, GA | HAIL OBSERVED NEAR GEORGIA HIGHWAY 130 JUST NORTHWEST OF SOUTH THOMPSON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 282111 SVRFFC GAC279-282145- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0321.070728T2111Z-070728T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 511 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH THOMPSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CEDAR CROSSING AND NEW BRANCH. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...EXCESSIVE 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 3223 8243 3208 8254 3191 8227 3210 8213 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 282147 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 543 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 GAC279-282153- /O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-070728T2145Z/ TOOMBS GA- 543 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TOOMBS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT... AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EASTERN TOOMBS COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE NO LONGER DETERMINED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL PEA-SIZED HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN TOOMBS COUNTY...EAST OF A LINE FROM SANTA CLAUS TO CEDAR CROSSING. THE ACTIVITY IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3223 8243 3208 8254 3191 8227 3210 8213 $$ 19
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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.