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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 2007Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 6:57 PM EST for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 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, 6:57 PM EST (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 7:15 PM EST
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jones County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 012357
TORFFC
GAC169-020015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0027.070301T2357Z-070302T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 654 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR 
  GRISWOLDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

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...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY 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 3294 8362 3296 8362 3308 8345 3310 8341
      3307 8341 3291 8336 3289 8341 3285 8350
      3285 8352

$$

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, 4:54 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTaylor36 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

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.