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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 11, 2007Morgan County, Newton County, Walton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2007, 11:36 PM EDT for Morgan County, Newton County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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 11, 2007, 11:36 PM EDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2007, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Walton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 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
365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 120336
SVRFFC
GAC211-217-297-120415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0071.070412T0336Z-070412T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1136 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOCIAL CIRCLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CENTENNIAL...RUTLEDGE...HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARK AND MADISON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN GEORGIA.

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 3369 8384 3349 8383 3354 8345 3373 8348

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 120348
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1148 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

GAC217-297-120358-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070412T0415Z/
NEWTON GA-WALTON GA-
1148 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO MORGAN COUNTY.  
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 
WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN GEORGIA.

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 3365 8367 3352 8368 3354 8345 3373 8348

$$

GAC211-120415-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070412T0415Z/
MORGAN GA-
1148 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 1143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
RUTLEDGE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN GEORGIA.

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 3365 8367 3352 8368 3354 8345 3373 8348

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox17 min
Apr 11, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMarion, Stewart, Webster43 min
Apr 11, 8:35 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCSchley, Sumter55 min
Apr 11, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Treutlen26 min
Apr 11, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon35 min
Apr 11, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan36 min
Apr 12, 1:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren18 min
Apr 12, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington25 min
Apr 12, 1:48 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 46 more2 hr
Apr 12, 2:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson31 min
Apr 12, 5:05 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 46 more3 hr
Apr 12, 5:05 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 56 more13 hr
Apr 12, 6:03 AM EDTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more14 hr

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.