Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 9:40 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min. 3 reports 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, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Emanuel County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 10:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 E Swainsboro, GA | |
| May 5, 10:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N Swainsboro, GA | |
| May 5, 10:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Twin City, GA | HAILED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND COVERED THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 060140 SVRFFC GAC107-060245- /O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0094.070506T0140Z-070506T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 940 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1045 PM EDT * AT 939 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWAINSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MODOC AND GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK. 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 3266 8249 3249 8237 3252 8203 3271 8209 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 060158 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 958 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAC107-060245- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-070506T0245Z/ EMANUEL GA- 958 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY... AT 955 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MODOC... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANOOCHEE...TWIN CITY...GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK AND GARFIELD. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3268 8234 3251 8229 3252 8203 3271 8209 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 060208 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1007 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 GAC107-060245- /O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-070506T0245Z/ EMANUEL GA- 1007 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR EASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY... AT 1006 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TWIN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANOOCHEE...GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK AND GARFIELD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR 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 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 3268 8234 3251 8229 3252 8203 3271 8209 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 30 min |
| 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, 9:52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.