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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 5, 2007Laurens County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 9:11 PM EDT for Laurens County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
May 5, 2007, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Laurens County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 9:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.759 N Alamo, GAPENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF WHEELER-LAURENS COUNTY LINE.

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 621 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 060111
SVRFFC
GAC175-309-060200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0093.070506T0111Z-070506T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF ALAMO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

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

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 3237 8275 3224 8295 3200 8273 3215 8260

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 060130
SVSFFC

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

GAC175-060139-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-070506T0200Z/
LAURENS GA-
929 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

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

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF LAURENS COUNTY 
AND INTO WHEELER COUNTY.  THEREFORE...THE WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 3228 8272 3219 8289 3200 8273 3215 8260

$$

GAC309-060200-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-070506T0200Z/
WHEELER GA-
929 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR WHEELER COUNTY...

AT 928 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALAMO...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF WHEELER 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 3228 8272 3219 8289 3200 8273 3215 8260

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens30 min
May 5, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge49 min
May 5, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair41 min
May 5, 9:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson38 min
May 5, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel65 min
May 5, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery42 min
May 6, 5:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson23 min
May 6, 2:01 PM EDTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.