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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 413, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 23, 2007Henry County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2007, 9:29 PM EDT for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2007, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2262 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
2262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 240130
SVRFFC
GAC151-240200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0413.070824T0129Z-070824T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 927 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND    
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF 
  HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LUELLA.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3344 8424 3342 8435 3336 8435 3335 8418

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale45 min
Aug 23, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry33 min
Aug 23, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb32 min
Aug 23, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton25 min
Aug 23, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike49 min
Aug 24, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns30 min
Aug 24, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion32 min
Aug 24, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin44 min
Aug 24, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer31 min
Aug 24, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson28 min
Aug 24, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison37 min
Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup23 min
Aug 24, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke25 min
Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee24 min
Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee45 min
Aug 24, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Walton23 min
Aug 24, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens50 min
Aug 24, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton38 min
Aug 24, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton30 min
Aug 24, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow18 min
Aug 24, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton34 min
Aug 24, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton43 min
Aug 24, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette26 min
Aug 24, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro50 min
Aug 24, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette49 min
Aug 24, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd42 min
Aug 24, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs51 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.