Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 369, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 6:36 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 6:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Louisville, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE LOUISVILLE AND BARTOW AREAS. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 172236 SVRFFC GAC163-172315- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0369.070817T2236Z-070817T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 636 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF WADLEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARTOW AND LOUISVILLE. 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 3299 8228 3302 8250 3279 8254 3278 8232 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KFFC 172258 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 658 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 GAC163-172315- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0369.000000T0000Z-070817T2315Z/ JEFFERSON GA- 658 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WADLEY... AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3299 8228 3302 8250 3279 8254 3278 8232 $$
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, 5:45 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, 6:41 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.