Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2007, 1:41 AM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 15, 2007, 1:41 AM EDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2007, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:50 AM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Nne Cedar Grove, GA | TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS 6.5 MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF0 WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 80 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG THE MOSTLY FORESTED PATH. A FEW OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED NEAR MORTON ROAD AND ROCK SPRINGS ROAD. |
| Apr 15, 1:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Lowery, GA | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT A MOBILE HOME WAS FLIPPED WITH POSSIBLY ONE PERSON TRAPPED INSIDE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO DOWN IN THE AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 14, 11:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 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 150540 TORFFC GAC175-150615- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0049.070415T0541Z-070415T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 141 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 215 AM EDT * AT 139 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOWERY. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 3225 8306 3213 8294 3230 8272 3252 8274 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 150546 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 145 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 GAC175-150615- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070415T0615Z/ LAURENS GA- 145 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY... AT 142 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES WHEN IT PASSED THROUGH DODGE COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MINTER. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3225 8306 3213 8294 3230 8272 3252 8274 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 150602 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 200 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 GAC175-150615- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070415T0615Z/ LAURENS GA- 200 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY... AT 155 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR LOWERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SECOND TORNADO WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN DUBLIN AND MINTER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ROCKLEDGE APPEARS TO BE IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THESE TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL 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 3225 8306 3213 8294 3230 8272 3252 8274 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Stewart | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 1:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 1:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 1:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 1:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 2:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 2:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Treutlen | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 3:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 3:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 3:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 4:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 9:55 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:54 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 83 more | 28 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.