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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Atlanta, GA

December 15, 2007Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 10:44 PM EST for Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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, 10:44 PM EST (03:44 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2007, 11:15 PM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
Dec 15, 10:44 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Lothair, GA	POSSIBLE TORNADO CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN LOTHAIR. THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DESTROYED...AT LEAST 1 HOME DAMAGED...AND NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWN.

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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 160344
TORFFC
GAC283-160415-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0068.071216T0344Z-071216T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1044 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 1042 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOTHAIR...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

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.

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 3231 8255 3232 8258 3229 8266 3235 8272
      3245 8269 3247 8264 3251 8263 3250 8261
      3250 8251 3243 8239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 228DEG 49KT 3239 8262

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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, 10:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wheeler	27 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.