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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 15, 2007Laurens County, Wheeler County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 10:18 PM EST for Laurens County, Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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, 10:18 PM EST (03:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2007, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Laurens County, GA, Wheeler County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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, 10:20 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Helena, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES ALONG LONG BRIDGE ROAD.

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
Dec 15, 9:42 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 160318
TORFFC
GAC175-309-160345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0067.071216T0318Z-071216T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1018 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EST

* AT 1014 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  ALAMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GLENWOOD.

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 ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN 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 3213 8295 3217 8290 3218 8292 3215 8299
      3221 8302 3234 8274 3230 8272 3230 8266
      3229 8265 3216 8261 3207 8287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 245DEG 41KT 3216 8291

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 15, 9:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Wilcox	8 min
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, 10:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Treutlen	31 min
Dec 15, 10:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	39 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.