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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 6:26 PM EST for Coweta County, Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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 7, 2007, 6:26 PM EST (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Hogansville, GA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HWY 100. |
| Jan 7, 6:33 PM EST | TORNADO | 7 Sw Newnan, GA | F2 TORNADO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES NEAR BLALOCK LAKE. SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED ON JOE BROWN AND I WALKER ROADS. DAMAGE PATH WAS 250 YARDS WIDE AND 4.1 MILES LONG. |
| Jan 7, 6:39 PM EST | TORNADO | 7 Sw Newnan, GA | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BLALOCK LAKE AND DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. 1 HOME DESTOYED AND SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED ON JOE BROWN AND I WALKER ROADS. CONVENIENCE STORE DAMAGED AT GRANTVILLE ROAD AND NEW CORINTH ROAD. DAMAGE PATH WAS 250 YARDS WIDE AND 4.1 MILE |
| Jan 7, 6:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Moreland, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ALONG OLD CORINTH RD...JOE BROWN ROAD AND EARL NORTH ROAD. |
| Jan 7, 6:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Sw Newnan, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ON BLALOCK LAKE. SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED ON 3000 BLOCK OF OLD CORINTH ROAD. 1 HOME DESTROYED AND 1 HOME DAMAGED ON 100 BLOCK OF JOE BROWN RD. 1 HOME DESTROYED AND SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED BY TREES FALLING ON THEM ON 300 |
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 7, 4:12 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 072327 TORFFC GAC077-149-285-080000- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0010.070107T2326Z-070108T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 626 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 623 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR HARRISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOGANSVILLE...GRANTVILLE AND EAST NEWNAN. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING 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 3321 8513 3307 8503 3327 8469 3337 8477 $$ 16
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 072340 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 640 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAC149-285-072350- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070108T0000Z/ TROUP GA-HEARD GA- 640 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HEARD AND TROUP COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADIC THREAT HAS MOVED INTO HEARD AND COWETA COUNTIES AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO TROUP COUNTY. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3327 8498 3320 8494 3327 8469 3339 8479 $$ GAC077-080000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070108T0000Z/ COWETA GA- 640 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR COWETA COUNTY... AT 636 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF GRANTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STEPHENS CROSSROADS...MORELAND...EAST NEWNAN AND NEWNAN. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING 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 3327 8498 3320 8494 3327 8469 3339 8479 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 072352 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 652 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 GAC149-285-080002- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070108T0000Z/ TROUP GA-HEARD GA- 652 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HEARD AND TROUP COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO HAS ENDED FOR TROUP AND HEARD COUNTIES. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3332 8493 3325 8489 3330 8454 3344 8463 $$ GAC077-080000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070108T0000Z/ COWETA GA- 652 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR COWETA COUNTY... AT 649 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A VERY STRONG POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STEPHENS CROSSROADS...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MORELAND...EAST NEWNAN...THOMAS CROSSROADS...TURIN...SHARPSBURG AND SENOIA. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING 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 3332 8493 3325 8489 3330 8454 3344 8463 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 47 min |
| Jan 7, 5:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 33 min |
| Jan 7, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 46 min |
| Jan 7, 6:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 35 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.