Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 375, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 7:18 PM EDT for Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 7:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Buena Vista, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAYS 41...137...AND 355. |
| Aug 17, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Nw Preston, GA | ALSO...TWO TO THREE TREES DOWN AND A POWERLINE DOWN. LIGHTNING HIT A COUPLE OF TREES AND TRANSFORMERS AS WELL. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 172318
SVRFFC
GAC197-259-307-172345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0375.070817T2318Z-070817T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
718 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BUENA VISTA TO BUENA VISTA TO RICHLAND. THERE WAS
LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH THE SEVERE STORMS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PUTNAM AND DRANEVILLE.
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 3244 8452 3230 8462 3213 8480 3204 8463
3224 8441 3247 8439
$$
161 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 172328
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
728 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
GAC197-259-307-172345-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0375.000000T0000Z-070817T2345Z/
WEBSTER GA-STEWART GA-MARION GA-
728 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR MARION...STEWART AND WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...
AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TAZEWELL TO BERGINSVILLE TO
WESTVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PUTNAM...DRANEVILLE...DOYLE...WESTON...RICHLAND AND PRESTON.
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3249 8454 3232 8464 3200 8496 3193 8462
3224 8441 3247 8439
$$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, 6:36 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, 7:41 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.