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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 351, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 17, 2007DeKalb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 5:27 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 17, 2007, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County DeKalb County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2007-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 297 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 172127
SVRFFC
GAC089-172200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0351.070817T2127Z-070817T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUNWOODY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DORAVILLE...NORTH DRUID HILLS...NORTH DECATUR...NORTH ATLANTA...
  CLARKSTON AND CHAMBLEE.

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 3380 8425 3380 8433 3396 8433 3395 8427
      3387 8424 3385 8424 3384 8423 3381 8423

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 172150
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007

GAC089-172200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0351.000000T0000Z-070817T2200Z/
DEKALB GA-
550 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR DEKALB COUNTY...

AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
REDAN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED 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 3367 8417 3367 8430 3396 8433 3395 8427
      3379 8415 3367 8410

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 4:35 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more14 hr
Aug 17, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding32 min
Aug 17, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton41 min
Aug 17, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding29 min
Aug 17, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston43 min
Aug 17, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson28 min
Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb39 min
Aug 17, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton48 min
Aug 17, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs30 min
Aug 17, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan30 min
Aug 17, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard35 min
Aug 17, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene38 min
Aug 17, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta34 min
Aug 17, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow24 min
Aug 17, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd36 min
Aug 17, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup35 min
Aug 17, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb, Fulton33 min
Aug 17, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether31 min
Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale28 min
Aug 17, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens27 min
Aug 17, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter52 min
Aug 17, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup33 min
Aug 17, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding31 min
Aug 17, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington45 min
Aug 17, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb27 min
Aug 17, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson40 min
Aug 17, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford52 min
Aug 17, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow34 min
Aug 17, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd27 min
Aug 17, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike25 min
Aug 17, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris32 min
Aug 17, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWebster30 min
Aug 17, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Rockdale34 min
Aug 17, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington48 min
Aug 17, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether32 min
Aug 17, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor29 min
Aug 17, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson39 min
Aug 17, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee34 min
Aug 17, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford30 min
Aug 17, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe25 min
Aug 17, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel39 min
Aug 17, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson34 min
Aug 17, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Stewart, Webster27 min
Aug 17, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart34 min
Aug 17, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel47 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.