Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 10:00 AM EST for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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
- Jan 5, 2007, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 10:45 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Coweta County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 10:05 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Newnan, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED A BARN AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES AT W HWY 34 JUST SOUTH OF WELCOME. |
| Jan 5, 10:05 AM EST | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Sargent, GA | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SSW OF SARGENT AND CONTINUED NE FOR 2 MILES...LIFTING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF SARGENT. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YDS. APPROXIMATELY 30 HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND SIDING. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SN |
| Jan 5, 10:12 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wnw Newnan, GA | MINOR STRUCTURE AND TREE DAMAGE NEAR THIGPEN AND WELCOME ROADS WEST OF NEWNAN. VERY STRONG WINDS ALSO REPORTED. |
| Jan 5, 10:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Newnan, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO...ONE MILE STRETCH ON HWY 16 BETWEEN WHITESBURG AND NEWNAN HALF A MILE OFF THE BYPASS...NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN. LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TREES DOWN. HWY CLOSED TO ONE LANE DUE TO DEBRIS. POSSIBLE CONTINUATION OF DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH WELCOME R |
| Jan 5, 10:15 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sargent, GA | TREES DOWN ALONG WELCOME AND HANDY ROADS...ONE ON HOUSE ON DIXEN ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 051459 TORFFC GAC077-051545- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0001.070105T1500Z-070105T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1000 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1045 AM EST * AT 956 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF SARGENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST NEWNAN...NEWNAN...MADRAS...THOMAS CROSSROADS AND CANONGATE. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. 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 3343 8493 3322 8488 3351 8459 3351 8483 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051508 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1007 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC077-051545- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070105T1545Z/ COWETA GA- 1007 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EST FOR COWETA COUNTY... AT 1004 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SARGENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MADRAS AND ROSCOE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3343 8493 3322 8488 3351 8459 3351 8483 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051518 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1017 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC077-051545- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070105T1545Z/ COWETA GA- 1017 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EST FOR COWETA COUNTY... AT 1013 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE AT THIGPEN ROAD WEST OF NEWNAN. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHHEAST OF ROSCOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSCOE AND ALONG THE FULTON-COWETA COUNTY LINE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. 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 3343 8493 3322 8488 3351 8459 3351 8483 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051531 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1030 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC077-051545- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070105T1545Z/ COWETA GA- 1030 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EST FOR COWETA COUNTY... AT 1025 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF ROSCOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WHICH WILL TAKE THE STORM INTO SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY BY 1035 AM. THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...BUT THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS STORM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM IS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY NEAR GRANTVILLE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. . A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3343 8493 3322 8488 3351 8459 3351 8483 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 8:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 9:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 10:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 47 min |
| Jan 5, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 11:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 38 min |
| Jan 5, 12:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, White | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jan 5, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jan 5, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jan 5, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 22 min |
| Jan 5, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 31 min |
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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.