Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 5:44 PM EDT for Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 5:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Griffin, GA | THREE TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
| Aug 17, 5:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Griffin, GA | A TREE AND A COUPLE OF POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AROUND THE CITY. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 172144 SVRFFC GAC255-172215- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0355.070817T2144Z-070817T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 544 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EXPERIMENT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST GRIFFIN AND GRIFFIN. 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 3333 8416 3333 8434 3314 8437 3314 8415 $$ 16
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 172203 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 603 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 GAC255-172215- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-070817T2215Z/ SPALDING GA- 603 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL SPALDING COUNTY... AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR GRIFFIN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROVER AND ORCHARD HILL. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3333 8416 3333 8434 3314 8437 3314 8415 $$
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, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 28 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, 5:45 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 |
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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.