Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 10:55 AM EST for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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
- Jan 5, 2007, 10:55 AM EST (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 11:19 AM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 11:00 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Peachtree City, GA | CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD ALONG HWY 74. |
| Jan 5, 11:00 AM EST | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Senoia, GA | AN F0 TORNADO DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG A PATH FROM NORTON ROAD TO LUTHER BAILEY ROAD TO GA HWY 16. A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED AND A CAR WAS DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES AT THE HWY 16 LOCATION IN SOUTHEAST SENOIA. DAMAGE PATH WAS 200 YARDS WIDE AND 1.5 MILES LO |
| Jan 5, 11:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Woolsey, GA | FEW TREES DOWN IN A LOCALIZED AREA NEAR ANTIOCH AND GOZA ROADS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 051555 TORFFC GAC077-113-051630- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0005.070105T1555Z-070105T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1055 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1130 AM EST * AT 1051 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SENOIA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEACHTREE CITY. 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 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 3328 8468 3322 8452 3336 8437 3344 8454 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051610 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC077-051616- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070105T1630Z/ COWETA GA- 1110 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COWETA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF TORNADIC STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF COWETA COUNTY...ENDING THE TORNADO THREAT FOR THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3340 8458 3327 8446 3334 8437 3351 8447 $$ GAC113-051630- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070105T1630Z/ FAYETTE GA- 1110 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 1110 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FAYETTEVILLE TO INMAN TO BROOKS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WITHIN THE LINE OF STORMS THAT WAS SHOWING ROTATION ON RADAR WAS LOCATED NEAR INMAN AND WOOLSEY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. 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 3340 8458 3327 8446 3334 8437 3351 8447 $$
000
WWUS52 KFFC 051619
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1118 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
GAC113-051628-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070105T1630Z/
FAYETTE GA-
1118 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY...AND
ENDED THE TORNADO THREAT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY AT THIS TIME.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3327 8448 3332 8451 3338 8459 3343 8461
3348 8461 3351 8459 3355 8446 3355 8444
3345 8438 3343 8440 3332 8438 3327 8443
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 8:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 9:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 9:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 10:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 47 min |
| Jan 5, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 11:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 11:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 23 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 40 min |
| Jan 5, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jan 5, 12:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 38 min |
| Jan 5, 12:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, White | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| Jan 5, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jan 5, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 18 min |
| Jan 5, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 43 min |
| Jan 5, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 22 min |
| Jan 5, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 31 min |
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.