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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 6:11 PM EST for Marion County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 6:11 PM EST (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Marion County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 012311 TORFFC GAC197-269-020000- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0023.070301T2311Z-070302T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 611 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 607 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 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 CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 3247 8458 3235 8447 3253 8403 3269 8422 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 012324 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 GAC197-012334- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ MARION GA- 624 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3253 8444 3242 8438 3253 8403 3269 8422 $$ GAC269-020000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ TAYLOR GA- 624 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 622 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUTLER...POTTERVILLE AND 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 FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 3253 8444 3242 8438 3253 8403 3269 8422 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 012338 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 639 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 GAC269-020000- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ TAYLOR GA- 639 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 635 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUTLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REYNOLDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3253 8444 3242 8438 3253 8403 3269 8422 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Webster | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 4:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 5:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Taylor | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 5:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 6:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 6:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 6:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Putnam | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 6:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 6:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 6:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.