Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 6:28 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 6:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Banks County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 6:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nw Homer, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 032228
SVRFFC
GAC011-032315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0051.070403T2228Z-070403T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
628 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF
HOMER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOLLINGSWORTH.
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 3427 8358 3432 8364 3434 8364 3436 8366
3440 8365 3447 8357 3448 8347 3446 8340
3432 8339 3429 8337
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 032256
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
655 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
GAC011-032305-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-070403T2315Z/
BANKS GA-
655 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BANKS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 655 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER BANKS COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45
MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3427 8358 3432 8364 3434 8364 3436 8366
3440 8365 3447 8357 3448 8347 3446 8340
3432 8339 3429 8337
$$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, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 44 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.