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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 5, 2007Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 2007, 10:43 AM EST for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
Jan 5, 2007, 10:43 AM EST (15:43 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2007, 11:15 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 5, 11:00 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGPeachtree City, GACARS BLOWN OFF ROAD ALONG HWY 74.
Jan 5, 11:00 AM ESTTORNADO2 Ssw Senoia, GAAN F0 TORNADO DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG A PATH FROM NORTON ROAD TO LUTHER BAILEY ROAD TO GA HWY 16. A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED AND A CAR WAS DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES AT THE HWY 16 LOCATION IN SOUTHEAST SENOIA. DAMAGE PATH WAS 200 YARDS WIDE AND 1.5 MILES LO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 5, 8:21 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 2007-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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 2007-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 051543
SVRFFC
GAC077-113-051615-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0005.070105T1543Z-070105T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1043 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1115 AM EST

* AT 1038 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMAS CROSSROADS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PEACHTREE CITY...CANONGATE...TYRONE AND SANDY CREEK.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

WEAK...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES CAN SOMETIMES DEVELOP ALONG THE LEADING
EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LINES LIKE THIS ONE. HOWEVER...THE MAIN
THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.

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 3351 8476 3321 8468 3330 8440 3352 8455

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 8:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk26 min
Jan 5, 8:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd54 min
Jan 5, 9:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup41 min
Jan 5, 9:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta23 min
Jan 5, 10:00 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta45 min
Jan 5, 10:13 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCFulton47 min
Jan 5, 10:27 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether33 min
Jan 5, 10:36 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCDouglas24 min
Jan 5, 10:55 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette24 min
Jan 5, 10:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton46 min
Jan 5, 11:08 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCClayton, Henry37 min
Jan 5, 11:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSpalding23 min
Jan 5, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale40 min
Jan 5, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts25 min
Jan 5, 11:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper41 min
Jan 5, 11:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton33 min
Jan 5, 12:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan33 min
Jan 5, 12:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee38 min
Jan 5, 12:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson, White37 min
Jan 5, 1:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe36 min
Jan 5, 1:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski31 min
Jan 5, 2:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski18 min
Jan 5, 2:21 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs39 min
Jan 5, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson50 min
Jan 5, 2:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens43 min
Jan 5, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs22 min
Jan 5, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.