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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 15, 2007Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 9:37 PM EST for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 8 min. 7 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: Dec 15, 2007, 9:37 PM EST (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2007, 9:45 PM EST
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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
Dec 15, 9:40 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Rochelle, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
Dec 15, 9:40 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Owensboro, GA	MOBILE HOME LIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND FLIPPED OVER AT INTERSECTION OF BRAMBLEWOOD AND PERRY ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH.
Dec 15, 9:42 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Rochelle, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
Dec 15, 9:44 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Se Rochelle, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
Dec 15, 9:44 PM EST	TORNADO	3 S Abbeville, GA	ROOF TORN OFF A HOME AND ONE VECHICLE THROWN INTO A DITCH.
Dec 15, 9:50 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Abbeville, GA	TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE AND A TRUCK BLOWN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH. WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 70 MPH.
Dec 15, 9:50 PM EST	TORNADO	3 S Abbeville, GA	ROOF TORN OFF A HOME AND ONE VECHICLE THROWN INTO A DITCH.

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 00:00Z, 2.6 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 160237
TORFFC
GAC315-160245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0065.071216T0237Z-071216T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
937 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 937 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROCHELLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BROWNING AND ABBEVILLE.

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 3195 8354 3209 8334 3198 8327 3197 8328
      3195 8327 3194 8325 3191 8323 3183 8339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 225DEG 52KT 3196 8339

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 15, 9:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dodge, Wilcox	45 min
Dec 15, 10:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dodge	28 min
Dec 15, 10:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wheeler	51 min
Dec 15, 10:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wheeler	27 min
Dec 15, 10:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Treutlen	31 min
Dec 15, 10:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	39 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.