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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 11, 2007Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 8:17 PM EDT for Marion County, Stewart County, Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marion County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Webster County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 11, 8:45 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Buena Vista, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 466 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 120019
TORFFC
GAC197-259-307-120100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0045.070412T0017Z-070412T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
817 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN STEWART COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES   WEST  
  OF BUENA VISTA...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND MOVING EAST AT 40   
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUENA
  VISTA...DRANEVILLE...BROOKLIN AND PUTNAM.

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 3239 8465 3223 8465 3221 8489 3209 8465
      3214 8442 3234 8438

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 120037
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
835 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

GAC259-120045-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070412T0100Z/
STEWART GA-
835 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STEWART COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST STEWART COUNTY. SEVERE WEATHER 
IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

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 3239 8465 3223 8465 3209 8463 3214 8442
      3234 8438

$$

GAC197-307-120100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070412T0100Z/
WEBSTER GA-MARION GA-
835 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
MARION AND NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...

AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BERGINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DRANEVILLE...DOYLE AND PUTNAM.

THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLFBALLS. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.

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 3239 8465 3223 8465 3209 8463 3214 8442
      3234 8438

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 120052
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
851 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

GAC307-120101-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070412T0100Z/
WEBSTER GA-
851 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE NORTHERN WEBSTER 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 3230 8454 3217 8458 3214 8442 3232 8439

$$

GAC197-120100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070412T0100Z/
MARION GA-
851 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY...

AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DRANEVILLE...MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. MOVE TO A SAFE 
PLACE NOW.

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 3230 8454 3217 8458 3214 8442 3232 8439

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp, Wilcox	17 min
Apr 11, 8:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Schley, Sumter	55 min
Apr 11, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	26 min
Apr 11, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon	35 min
Apr 11, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan	36 min
Apr 11, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Walton	39 min
Apr 12, 1:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Warren	18 min
Apr 12, 1:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	25 min
Apr 12, 1:48 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 46 more	2 hr
Apr 12, 2:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	31 min
Apr 12, 5:05 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 46 more	3 hr
Apr 12, 5:05 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 56 more	13 hr
Apr 12, 6:03 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Crisp and 38 more	14 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.