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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2007Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 5:15 PM EDT for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 3, 2007, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Whitfield County, GA

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 194 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 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 032115
SVRFFC
GAC313-032145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0043.070403T2115Z-070403T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COHUTTA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3490 8481 3486 8497 3487 8499 3490 8501
      3500 8503 3500 8500 3500 8498 3499 8496
      3499 8481

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb37 min
Apr 3, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd42 min
Apr 3, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd35 min
Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow43 min
Apr 3, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee28 min
Apr 3, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk32 min
Apr 3, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Fulton34 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth36 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Paulding, Polk36 min
Apr 3, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson33 min
Apr 3, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding36 min
Apr 3, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Hall50 min
Apr 3, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd33 min
Apr 3, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb44 min
Apr 3, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks28 min
Apr 3, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer31 min
Apr 3, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union36 min
Apr 3, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd36 min
Apr 3, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton37 min
Apr 3, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb40 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.