Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 7:39 PM EST for Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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, 7:39 PM EST (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 7:56 PM EST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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.
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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 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 020039
TORFFC
GAC009-169-020115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0031.070302T0039Z-070302T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
739 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 737 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
BLOUNTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARDWICK AND MERIWETHER.
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 8348 3308 8361 3317 8349 3318 8344
3317 8334 3318 8329 3318 8324 3316 8318
3316 8314
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 020051
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
750 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
GAC169-020100-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070302T0115Z/
JONES GA-
750 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3301 8337 3311 8341 3318 8342 3317 8335
3316 8334 3318 8329 3318 8324 3317 8323
3316 8315
$$
GAC009-020115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070302T0115Z/
BALDWIN GA-
750 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 746 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MERIWETHER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL ALSO EFFECT SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE SINCLAIR.
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 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 3301 8337 3311 8341 3318 8342 3317 8335
3316 8334 3318 8329 3318 8324 3317 8323
3316 8315
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 020056
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
GAC009-020105-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070302T0115Z/
BALDWIN GA-
755 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...AND IS NO
LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3301 8337 3311 8341 3318 8342 3317 8335
3316 8334 3318 8329 3318 8324 3317 8323
3316 8315
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 7:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 7:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 7:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 7:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 7:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Warren | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 8:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart, Webster | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 8:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 20 min |
| Mar 1, 9:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 43 min |
| Mar 1, 9:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 9:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 10:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 10:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 10:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 2:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:55 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 75 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:47 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 75 more | 9 hr |
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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.