Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2007, 5:37 AM EDT for Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 6, 2007, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 060936
SVRFFC
GAC231-293-061000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0096.070506T0937Z-070506T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
537 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 AM EDT
* AT 535 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THOMASTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATWATER...PICKARD AND ROLAND.
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 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 3276 8429 3276 8433 3278 8434 3277 8436
3284 8442 3283 8444 3287 8449 3291 8451
3307 8450 3306 8429 3274 8427
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 060950
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
550 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007
GAC231-061000-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-070506T1000Z/
PIKE GA-
550 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF PIKE COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3277 8428 3277 8431 3279 8434 3278 8435
3284 8441 3283 8443 3287 8448 3293 8450
3298 8448 3298 8428 3275 8427
$$
GAC293-061000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-070506T1000Z/
UPSON GA-
550 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT
FOR WESTERN UPSON COUNTY...
AT 548 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PICKARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THOMASTON AND ROLAND.
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 3277 8428 3277 8431 3279 8434 3278 8435
3284 8441 3283 8443 3287 8448 3293 8450
3298 8448 3298 8428 3275 8427
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 061001
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
559 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007
GAC293-061009-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-070506T1000Z/
UPSON GA-
559 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN UPSON COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 600 AM EDT...
AT 556 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND THE
WARNINBG WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3277 8428 3277 8431 3279 8434 3278 8435
3284 8441 3283 8443 3287 8448 3293 8450
3298 8448 3298 8428 3275 8427
$$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, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 65 min |
| May 5, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.