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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 7:47 PM EST for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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, 7:47 PM EST (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Warrenton, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF COUNTY. |
| Mar 1, 8:10 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Ene Warrenton, GA | *** 3 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED WITH A FEW INJURIES. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BRIARWOOD ACADEMY ON HIGHWAY 278. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 020047
TORFFC
GAC301-020115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0033.070302T0047Z-070302T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
747 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 746 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
WARRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NORRIS...NORWOOD...CAMAK...CADLEY AND CEDAR ROCK.
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 3327 8278 3332 8279 3336 8279 3341 8282
3342 8281 3345 8285 3347 8285 3352 8281
3351 8275 3359 8270 3360 8264 3341 8257
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 020100
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
GAC301-020115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070302T0115Z/
WARREN GA-
800 PM EST THU MAR 1 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR WARREN
COUNTY...
AT 756 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORRIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARRENTON...NORWOOD...CAMAK...CADLEY AND CEDAR ROCK.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3327 8278 3332 8279 3336 8279 3341 8282
3342 8281 3345 8285 3347 8285 3352 8281
3351 8275 3359 8270 3360 8264 3341 8257
$$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, 7:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 17 min |
| Mar 1, 7:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.