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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 7:35 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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
- Apr 11, 2007, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2007, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Se Columbus, GA | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE CHATTAHOCHEE COUNTY LINE. |
| Apr 11, 7:53 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Fort Benning, GA | |
| Apr 11, 7:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Se Columbus, GA | |
| Apr 11, 7:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Fort Benning, GA | MEASURED BY WEATHER OBSERVER AT FORT BENNING. WIND GUST TO 43 KTS ALSO REPORTED. |
| Apr 11, 8:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Cusseta, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 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 112337
TORFFC
GAC053-215-120030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0044.070411T2335Z-070412T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
735 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST
OF FORT BENNING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CUSSETA AND MANTA.
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3246 8498 3237 8496 3234 8500 3227 8489
3223 8491 3223 8465 3245 8465
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 120017
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
816 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007
GAC215-120026-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-070412T0030Z/
MUSCOGEE GA-
816 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MUSCOGEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF MUSCOGEE
COUNTY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE
CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3242 8466 3237 8485 3227 8489 3223 8491
3223 8465
$$
GAC053-120030-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-070412T0030Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-
816 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...
AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANTA.
THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE.
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 3242 8466 3237 8485 3227 8489 3223 8491
3223 8465
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 5:13 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 28 min |
| Apr 11, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 38 min |
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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.