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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 1, 2007Warren County, Georgia

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.

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, 8:05 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Warrenton, GANUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST PORTIONS OF COUNTY.
Mar 1, 8:10 PM ESTTORNADO4 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.

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

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2007-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:04 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTalbot26 min
Mar 1, 7:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock32 min
Mar 1, 7:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson29 min
Mar 1, 7:21 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHancock39 min
Mar 1, 7:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston33 min
Mar 1, 7:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones32 min
Mar 1, 7:39 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones17 min
Mar 1, 7:44 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Monroe31 min
Mar 1, 8:31 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCStewart, Webster29 min
Mar 1, 8:55 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCWebster20 min
Mar 1, 9:02 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCSumter43 min
Mar 1, 9:33 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDooly, Macon27 min
Mar 1, 9:51 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHouston24 min
Mar 1, 10:15 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs30 min
Mar 1, 10:37 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson23 min
Mar 1, 10:56 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Washington26 min
Mar 2, 2:11 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCToombs34 min
Mar 2, 3:55 AM ESTFire Weather WatchFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 75 more12 hr
Mar 2, 3:47 PM ESTRed Flag WarningFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 75 more9 hr

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.