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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 11:08 AM EST for Clayton County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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, 11:08 AM EST (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clayton County, GA, Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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, 11:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Stockbridge, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON BOTH SIDES OF I-75. TREE TOPS KNOCKED OFF. |
| Jan 5, 11:34 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Stockbridge, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO...REPORTED FLYING DEBRIS AND HOUSE DAMAGE AT 544 WALNUT CREEK DRIVE AT CROSSING DRIVE WHERE A DECK WAS BLOWN OFF. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ALSO INDICATED TREES DOWN PERIODICALLY ALONG 224 SOUTHBOUND. |
| Jan 5, 11:50 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Sw Conyers, GA | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY NEAR DEER RUN. SOME TREES DOWN ON HOUSES. |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 051608 TORFFC GAC063-151-051645- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0006.070105T1608Z-070105T1645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1145 AM EST * AT 1103 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BONANZA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IRONDALE...LOVEJOY...FLIPPEN...STOCKBRIDGE AND MCDONOUGH. 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. 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 3346 8440 3335 8438 3348 8408 3361 8418 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051627 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1126 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC063-151-051645- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070105T1645Z/ HENRY GA-CLAYTON GA- 1126 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR CLAYTON AND HENRY COUNTIES... AT 1126 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS...EXTENDING FROM LAKE CITY TO STOCKBRIDGE TO LOVEJOY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WITHIN THIS LINE THAT WAS SHOW ROTATION ON RADAR WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF HAMPTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE LINE OF STORMS HAS WEAKENED... THESE STORMS REMAIN STRONG AND PERSONS IN THE PATH SHOULD SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STRONGEST ROTATING STORM ARE...FLIPPEN AND MCDONOUGH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3362 8441 3337 8435 3343 8405 3363 8419 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051636 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC063-051642- /O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070105T1645Z/ CLAYTON GA- 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLAYTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY...ENDING THE TORNADO THREAT 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 3364 8427 3340 8427 3343 8405 3364 8418 $$ GAC151-051645- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070105T1645Z/ HENRY GA- 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR HENRY COUNTY... AT 1135 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG STORMS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR PANOLA MOUNTAIN STATE PARK TO WHITEHOUSE TO BLACKSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST ROTATING STORM WITHIN THIS LINE WAS BETWEEN FLIPPEN AND WHITEHOUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WHITEHOUSE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THESE STORMS REMAIN DANGEROUS AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3364 8427 3340 8427 3343 8405 3364 8418 $$
000 WWUS52 KFFC 051642 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1142 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 GAC151-051652- /O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070105T1645Z/ HENRY GA- 1142 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1145 AM EST... AT 1142 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED...AND WAS MOVING EAST OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1145 AM EST. 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 3364 8427 3340 8427 3343 8405 3364 8418 $$
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, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 46 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 |
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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.