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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 2007Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 4:54 PM EST for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 1, 2007, 4:54 PM EST (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 5:30 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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
Mar 1, 5:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGRupert, GANUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR HIGHWAYS 19 AND 90.
Mar 1, 5:25 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Rupert, GAPOSSIBLE TORNADO. HOME DAMAGED ON CROSSROAD SCHOOL ROAD WITH ONE PERSON TRAPPED.
Mar 1, 5:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGPotterville, GAPOSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGED UNKN NUMBER OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS AND DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ON BEAR ROAD. ROLLED A MOBILE HOME. ONE PERSON TRAPPED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 10:47 AM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 376 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 012155
TORFFC
GAC269-012230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0015.070301T2154Z-070301T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
454 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 450 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3237 8438 3246 8441 3271 8423 3267 8419
      3266 8409 3262 8406 3256 8406 3240 8420
      3239 8425 3233 8425 3231 8429

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart, Webster39 min
Mar 1, 4:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley, Webster32 min
Mar 1, 4:14 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCStewart31 min
Mar 1, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion37 min
Mar 1, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor26 min
Mar 1, 5:00 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMarion30 min
Mar 1, 5:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Taylor34 min
Mar 1, 5:15 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford30 min
Mar 1, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb25 min
Mar 1, 5:40 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Peach35 min
Mar 1, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe37 min
Mar 1, 6:03 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb42 min
Mar 1, 6:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCMarion, Taylor49 min
Mar 1, 6:19 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee41 min
Mar 1, 6:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJones40 min
Mar 1, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Putnam35 min
Mar 1, 6:43 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin47 min
Mar 1, 6:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot36 min
Mar 1, 6:57 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJones18 min

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.