Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 6:16 PM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min. 8 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
- Apr 3, 2007, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cobb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Sw Kennesaw, GA | |
| Apr 3, 6:28 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw Kennesaw, GA | |
| Apr 3, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Acworth, GA | |
| Apr 3, 6:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Marietta, GA | |
| Apr 3, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 S Marietta, GA | |
| Apr 3, 6:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sse Marietta, GA | |
| Apr 3, 7:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Sse Marietta, GA | |
| Apr 3, 7:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Smyrna, GA |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 032216
SVRFFC
GAC067-032300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0050.070403T2216Z-070403T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
616 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COBB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 613 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 SOUTHWEST OF
ACWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KENNESAW...MARIETTA...FAIR OAKS...WHITEWATER AND VININGS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM 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 3386 8451 3386 8456 3389 8471 3408 8472
3408 8472 3405 8442 3396 8438 3391 8444
3384 8445
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 032235
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
634 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
GAC067-032300-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/
COBB GA-
634 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR COBB COUNTY...
AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM KENNESAW TO MARIETTA TO SOUTHWEST
OF KENNESAW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITEWATER...FAIR OAKS...SMYRNA AND VININGS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH
WESTERN COBB COUNTY NEAR ACWORTH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3386 8451 3386 8456 3389 8471 3408 8472
3408 8472 3405 8442 3396 8438 3391 8444
3384 8445
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Hall | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 40 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.