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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 5, 2007Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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: May 5, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Laurens County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 060015
SVRFFC
GAC175-060045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0089.070506T0015Z-070506T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 813 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 NEAR EAST
  DUBLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
MINTER AND EAST DUBLIN.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3257 8299 3270 8292 3271 8285 3268 8279
      3265 8278 3261 8268 3254 8268 3247 8264
      3246 8268 3242 8270

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 060023
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

GAC175-060045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-070506T0045Z/
LAURENS GA-
821 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST LAURENS COUNTY. A 
SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN SOUTHWEST 
LAURENS COUNTY JUST WEST OF CADWELL. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

QUARTER TO GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH ARE 
POSSIBLE WITH BOTH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
MINTER...ROCKWELL...CADWELL...AND RENTZ.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3257 8299 3270 8292 3271 8285 3268 8279
      3265 8278 3261 8268 3254 8268 3247 8264
      3246 8268 3242 8270

$$


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000 
WWUS52 KFFC 060035
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
832 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

GAC175-060045-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-070506T0045Z/
LAURENS GA-
832 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR LAURENS COUNTY...

AT 828 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN LAURENS COUNTY...ONE IN 
NORTHEAST LAURENS COUNTY NER BREWTON AND ANOTHER ALONG THE 
DODGE...LAURENS COUNTY LINE NEAR CADWELL...BOTH MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
20 MPH.

THE STORM IN NORTHEAST LAURENS COUNTY HAS WEAKENED...BUT IS STILL 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY-SIZED HAIL. THE STORMS IN SOUTHWEST 
LAURENS COUNTY REMAINS QUITE STRONG AND IS STILL CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL.

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 3233 8308 3262 8286 3264 8283 3263 8282
      3258 8279 3252 8273 3248 8270 3246 8268
      3244 8268 3216 8300

$$


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000 
WWUS52 KFFC 060048
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
847 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

GAC175-060057-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-070506T0045Z/
LAURENS GA-
847 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 845
PM EDT...

AT 842 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINED IN SOUTHWEST LAURENS 
COUNTY NEAR THE DODGE COUNTY LINE 11 MILES SOUTH OF CADWELL...MOVING 
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE-HALF INCH 
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH FREQUENT 
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3233 8308 3262 8286 3264 8283 3263 8282
      3258 8279 3252 8273 3248 8270 3246 8268
      3244 8268 3216 8300

$$


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000 
WWUS52 KFFC 060051 CCA
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
847 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

GAC175-060057-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-070506T0045Z/
LAURENS GA-
847 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 845
PM EDT...

AT 842 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINED IN SOUTHWEST LAURENS 
COUNTY NEAR THE DODGE COUNTY LINE 11 MILES SOUTH OF CADWELL...MOVING 
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE-HALF INCH 
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH FREQUENT 
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF 
THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3233 8308 3262 8286 3264 8283 3263 8282
      3258 8279 3252 8273 3248 8270 3246 8268
      3244 8268 3216 8300

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge	49 min
May 5, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	41 min
May 5, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Johnson	38 min
May 5, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wheeler	49 min
May 5, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	65 min
May 5, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Montgomery	42 min
May 6, 5:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Pike, Upson	23 min
May 6, 2:01 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more	30 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.