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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 3:41 PM EDT for Douglas County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 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
- Sep 14, 2007, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 3:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 3:55 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Ne Douglasville, GA | DOUGLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN DOUGLASVILLE AND LITHIA SPRINGS. |
| Sep 14, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | 1 Sw Lithia Springs, GA | STORM CHASER REPORTED 44 KT WIND MEASURED FROM ANEMOMETER ALONG I-20 1 MILE WEST OF LEE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 141941
TORFFC
GAC097-142015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0062.070914T1941Z-070914T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
341 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MIDWAY...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LITHIA SPRINGS AND SWEETWATER CREEK STATE PARK.
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 3379 8474 3381 8462 3374 8458 3364 8474
3378 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 254DEG 22KT 3377 8469
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 141953
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
355 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
GAC097-142002-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-070914T2015Z/
DOUGLAS GA-
355 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO
BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SAW A FUNNEL CLOUD...TORNADO OR WIND DAMAGE WAIT UNTIL AFTER
THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3379 8474 3381 8462 3374 8458 3364 8474
3378 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 254DEG 22KT 3379 8461
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fannin | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 29 min |
| Sep 14, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray | 27 min |
| Sep 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 25 min |
| Sep 14, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Wilkes | 24 min |
| Sep 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 37 min |
| Sep 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 46 min |
| Sep 14, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 34 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.