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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 14, 2007Dooly County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2007, 10:57 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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 14, 2007, 10:57 PM EDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2007, 11:24 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dooly County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2007-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 2007-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 150256
SVRFFC
GAC093-150400-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0079.070415T0257Z-070415T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1057 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOOLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1052 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 28 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF UNADILLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DRAYTON...LILLY...BYROMVILLE...DOOLING AND PINEHURST.

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.

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 3216 8403 3201 8394 3229 8358 3229 8388

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 150313
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1112 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

GAC093-150400-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-070415T0400Z/
DOOLY GA-
1112 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR DOOLY COUNTY...

AT 1108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
DRAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WAS SHOWING SOME 
SIGNS OF WEAKENING BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WIND.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LILLY...BYROMVILLE...DOOLING...PINEHURST AND UNADILLA.

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.

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 3216 8403 3201 8394 3229 8358 3229 8388

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 150324
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1123 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

GAC093-150333-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-070415T0400Z/
DOOLY GA-
1123 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOOLY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND VERY 
HEAVY RAIN 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 3216 8403 3201 8394 3229 8358 3229 8388

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattahoochee, Stewart53 min
Apr 14, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion25 min
Apr 14, 10:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter29 min
Apr 15, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge35 min
Apr 15, 1:22 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge23 min
Apr 15, 1:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens44 min
Apr 15, 1:41 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCLaurens34 min
Apr 15, 1:43 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler32 min
Apr 15, 1:50 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTreutlen25 min
Apr 15, 1:58 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMontgomery32 min
Apr 15, 2:00 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCJohnson35 min
Apr 15, 2:04 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel41 min
Apr 15, 2:17 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTreutlen28 min
Apr 15, 2:40 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel35 min
Apr 15, 3:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp29 min
Apr 15, 3:23 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp37 min
Apr 15, 3:33 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilcox42 min
Apr 15, 3:38 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBleckley25 min
Apr 15, 3:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge39 min
Apr 15, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens50 min
Apr 15, 9:55 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more10 hr
Apr 15, 3:54 PM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 83 more28 hr

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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.