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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 444, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 14, 2007Henry County, Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2007, 5:08 PM EDT for Henry County, Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 14, 2007, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, GA, Rockdale County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2007-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2007-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 142108
SVRFFC
GAC151-247-142145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0444.070914T2108Z-070914T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
508 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN ROCKDALE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLIPPEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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 3345 8422 3361 8421 3362 8409 3363 8409
      3365 8393 3353 8405 3350 8403 3349 8395
      3344 8393 3342 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 267DEG 30KT 3355 8411

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 142142
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
542 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

GAC151-247-142152-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0444.000000T0000Z-070914T2145Z/
HENRY GA-ROCKDALE GA-
542 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ROCKDALE AND
NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 545 PM EDT...

THE THUDNERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF HENRY 
AND ROCKDALE COUNTIES. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.

IF YOU SAW 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 3345 8422 3361 8421 3362 8409 3363 8409
      3365 8393 3353 8405 3350 8403 3349 8395
      3344 8393 3342 8396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 267DEG 30KT 3356 8377

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield3 hr
Sep 14, 7:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin3 hr
Sep 14, 1:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWalker29 min
Sep 14, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMurray27 min
Sep 14, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDouglas12 min
Sep 14, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson25 min
Sep 14, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes24 min
Sep 14, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton36 min
Sep 14, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson46 min
Sep 14, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan34 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.