Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 17, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 5:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 N Sandersville, GA |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 172145 SVRFFC GAC303-172230- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0356.070817T2145Z-070817T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 545 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARTHEN AND DEEPSTEP. 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 3316 8276 3319 8288 3299 8299 3295 8274 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WUUS52 KFFC 172147 CCA SVRFFC GAC303-172230- /O.COR.KFFC.SV.W.0356.070817T2145Z-070817T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 545 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARTHEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDERSVILLE AND DEEPSTEP. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3316 8276 3319 8288 3299 8299 3295 8274 $$
000
WWUS52 KFFC 172212
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
GAC303-172230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0356.000000T0000Z-070817T2230Z/
WASHINGTON GA-
610 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
WASHINGTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE EXTENDED FROM NEAR DAVISBORO TO
TENNILLE TO WEST OF SANDERSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RIDDLEVILLE AND HARRISON.
THESE STORMS ARE DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE 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 3312 8267 3316 8286 3294 8301 3281 8277
3284 8253
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 172216
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
616 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
GAC303-172230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0356.000000T0000Z-070817T2230Z/
WASHINGTON GA-
616 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 613 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS
CENTERED 5 MILES WEST OF HARRISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
ANOOTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DAVISBORO IN EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3306 8262 3301 8292 3290 8306 3275 8295
3281 8279 3277 8276 3283 8252
$$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, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 31 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.