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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 14, 2007Douglas County, Georgia

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 3:55 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDNe Douglasville, GADOUGLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN DOUGLASVILLE AND LITHIA SPRINGS.
Sep 14, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 511 Sw Lithia Springs, GASTORM 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield3 hr
Sep 14, 7:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCFannin3 hr
Sep 14, 1:46 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWalker29 min
Sep 14, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCMurray27 min
Sep 14, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson25 min
Sep 14, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Wilkes24 min
Sep 14, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale37 min
Sep 14, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton36 min
Sep 14, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike, Upson46 min
Sep 14, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan34 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.