Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 4:02 PM EDT for Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 17, 2007, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Haralson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Tallapoosa, GA | PUBLIC REPORTS AT LEAST 6 TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 100 HEADING INTO TALLAPOOSA. |
| Aug 17, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Buchanan, GA | ONE TREE DOWN IN BUCHANAN AND ONE IN WACO...BOTH DOWN ON ROADS. |
| Aug 17, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tallapoosa, GA | TALLAPOOSA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS TWO TREES DOWN IN THE CITY LIMITS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 172002 RRA SVRFFC GAC143-172030- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0337.070817T2002Z-070817T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 402 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TALLAPOOSA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUDAPEST AND BREMEN. 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 3385 8520 3382 8536 3365 8532 3370 8511 $$ 16
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 172020 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 GAC143-172030- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0337.000000T0000Z-070817T2030Z/ HARALSON GA- 420 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR WESTERN HARALSON COUNTY... AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUDAPEST...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3385 8520 3382 8536 3365 8532 3370 8511 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 4:35 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Webster | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Rockdale | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Stewart, Webster | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 47 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.