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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 23, 2007DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2007, 6:49 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 23, 2007, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2007, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 23, 6:52 PM EDTHAIL 1Druid Hills, GATHE PUBLIC OBSERVED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL.

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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 654 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 232249
SVRFFC
GAC089-121-232315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0404.070823T2249Z-070823T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
649 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH DRUID HILLS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  AVONDALE ESTATES...BELVEDERE PARK...DECATUR...DRUID HILLS...TURNER
  FIELD...PIEDMONT PARK...PANTHERSVILLE...GRESHAM PARK...
  CANDLER-MCAFEE AND ATLANTA.

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 3384 8418 3394 8435 3377 8455 3363 8433

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington25 min
Aug 22, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens43 min
Aug 22, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox25 min
Aug 22, 11:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge27 min
Aug 22, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge47 min
Aug 22, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTreutlen36 min
Aug 22, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Wheeler47 min
Aug 23, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox41 min
Aug 23, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Pulaski51 min
Aug 23, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly35 min
Aug 23, 1:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter44 min
Aug 23, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee35 min
Aug 23, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin43 min
Aug 23, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee40 min
Aug 23, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Hall33 min
Aug 23, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding40 min
Aug 23, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett30 min
Aug 23, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson32 min
Aug 23, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Polk51 min
Aug 23, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll47 min
Aug 23, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding43 min
Aug 23, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton34 min
Aug 23, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll32 min
Aug 23, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard37 min
Aug 23, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Fulton51 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.