Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 4:47 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Woodstock, GA | |
| Apr 3, 4:54 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Woodstock, GA | |
| Apr 3, 4:56 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Woodstock, GA | DEPUTY REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN WOODSTOCK |
| Apr 3, 5:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Holly Springs, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 032047
SVRFFC
GAC057-032115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0040.070403T2047Z-070403T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
447 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODSTOCK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY
SPRINGS AND BUFFINGTON.
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 3418 8465 3409 8463 3408 8443 3417 8434
3419 8426 3429 8427
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 032102
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
500 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
GAC057-032115-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070403T2115Z/
CHEROKEE GA-
500 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...
AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CHEROKEE TO LEBANON TO WOODSTOCK...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL THE SIZE OF
PENNIES...BUT MAY PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY
SPRINGS...FREE HOME AND BUFFINGTON.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3418 8465 3409 8463 3408 8443 3417 8434
3419 8426 3429 8427
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 40 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.