Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 15, 2008Washington County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 7:13 PM EDT for Washington County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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: Mar 15, 2008, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
Mar 15, 7:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oconee, GA	SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN
Mar 15, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Harrison, GA	SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN.
Mar 15, 7:55 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Riddleville, GA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 22 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 459 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 152314
SVRFFC
GAC303-319-152345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0128.080315T2313Z-080315T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
713 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST OF SANDERSVILLE TO NORTH OF 
  TOOMSBORO...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL 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 3282 8253 3277 8275 3281 8280 3275 8294
      3285 8324 3301 8313 3294 8307 3309 8304
      3311 8296 3302 8254 3295 8254 3291 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 292DEG 46KT 3308 8300 3297 8303
          3289 8307

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 6:30 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:30 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
HAVE HAD SVR WX ALL AFTERNOON SO WILL MAKE THIS SHORT. SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE AL/GA STATE LINE WEST OF CARROLLTON
CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES EAST TO NORTHEAST. SPC
HAS PUT MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GA IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK
OF SEVERE WX FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
18Z FFC SOUNDING SHOWS STRONG SHEAR ENVIRONMENT WITH HELICITY VALUES
OF 536 M2/S2 AND INSTABILITY WITH CAPES VALUES OF NEAR 800 J/KG AND
LIFTED INDICES OF -5 TO -6 TO SUPPORT SUPERCELLS. NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE WITH SEVERAL TORNADOES HAVE
ALREADY OCCURRED AND CAN BE EXPECTED. THE ATLANTA METRO AREA IS
UNDER THE GUN RIGHT NOW.

OTHERWISE...THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST TO NORTHEAST OVER NORTH GA
THIS EVENING AND INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT ENDING THE
SVR WX THREAT. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE STATE
SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH FAIR AND SEASONAL WEATHER.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO MOS GUIDANCE DUE TO THE EXTREME
CIRCUMSTANCES TODAY.

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UPPER LOW PROGGED BY GFS AND ECMWF TO MOVE INTO THE SRN PLAINS
TUES AND MS VALLEY WED...HOWEVER GFS KEEPS SYSTEM MUCH MORE
INTENSE THAN ECMWF. SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA ON WED SO
HAVE KEPT THIS GOING. INITIAL PROGS SHOW LIMITED INSTABILITY WITH
THIS SYSTEM...LETS HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED TSRA WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND 3Z...ESPECIALLY
AT SOUTHERN TAF SITES...UNTIL COLD FRONT MOVES IN...SO TEMPO IFR
CONDITIONS MAY INTERRUPT VFR CONDITIONS. AFTER 6Z...STRATUS DECK MAY
SPREAD IN FROM THE NORTH...GETTING AS LOW AS 2K FT THROUGH 12Z OR
SO...BEFORE SCATTERING OUT. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM AROUND 220 DEGREES
JUST AFTER 0Z TAF TIME IN THE NORTH...AND BECOME NORTHWEST AT 15 TO
25 KTS. FROPA WILL TAKE PLACE IN SOUTH TAFS BY AROUND 6Z. WINDS WILL
REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 KTS THROUGH REMAINDER OF DAY TOMORROW...WITH
POSSIBLE SHIFTING TO EAST OF DUE NORTH AFTER 17Z TOMORROW. THE WINDS
SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY FOG THREAT FROM WET GROUND.

23

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          47  70  40  67  43 /  30   0   0   0  10
ATLANTA         42  67  42  68  44 /  20   0   0   0  10
BLAIRSVILLE     38  62  35  64  33 /  30   0   0   0   5
CARTERSVILLE    42  66  37  68  43 /  20   0   0   0  10
COLUMBUS        51  74  45  73  48 /  20   0   0   0  10
GAINESVILLE     46  66  40  66  42 /  20   0   0   0  10
MACON           45  73  41  71  41 /  30   0   0   0  10
ROME            46  68  40  69  43 /  20   0   0   0   5
PEACHTREE CITY  44  67  38  68  41 /  20   0   0   0  10
VIDALIA         49  73  40  70  43 /  40   0   0   0   5

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

16

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-161230-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
520 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AT
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS NORTH AND
INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A
POWERFUL UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND
NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON LINE BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOSTLY STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAPED WAS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA. WARM AND MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WAS
FUELING THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE.
HIGH CAPE VALUES AND FAVORABLE LIFTED INDICES ARE HELPING TO ENHANCE
THE SEVERE THREAT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG WIND
SHEAR WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS
ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER
THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:15 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
615 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 N DANIELSVILLE        34.23N 83.22W
03/15/2008                   MADISON            GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HALF A DOZEN TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 106 TO THE COUNTY LINE
            NORTH OF ILA. TIN BLOWN OFF CHICKEN HOUSES IN SHILOH AND
            ROOF DAMAGE TO NEW HOPE CHURCH ON HWY 281 IN HARRISON.

0400 PM     HAIL             3 W DANIELSVILLE        34.12N 83.27W
03/15/2008  E2.75 INCH       MADISON            GA   PUBLIC

0430 PM     HAIL             COVINGTON               33.60N 83.85W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       NEWTON             GA   PUBLIC

0456 PM     HAIL             RUTLEDGE                33.63N 83.61W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       MORGAN             GA   PUBLIC

0500 PM     HAIL             STOCKBRIDGE             33.55N 84.24W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       HENRY              GA   PUBLIC

0530 PM     HAIL             CALHOUN                 34.49N 84.94W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       GORDON             GA   PUBLIC

            BETWEEN I-75 AND GA-53

0548 PM     HAIL             FAYETTEVILLE            33.45N 84.46W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       FAYETTE            GA   PUBLIC

            AT REDWINE AND PEACHTREE PARKWAY.

&&

GRIFFITH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:34 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
634 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             BUCKHEAD                33.57N 83.36W
03/15/2008  E1.25 INCH       MORGAN             GA   PUBLIC

            NEAR LAKE OCONEE...ALONG MORGAN-PUTNAM COUNTY LINE.

0500 PM     HAIL             CONYERS                 33.66N 84.01W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       ROCKDALE           GA   PUBLIC

            1 MILE NE OF MAGNET COMMUNITY.

0600 PM     HAIL             EATONTON                33.32N 83.39W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       PUTNAM             GA   PUBLIC

            COVERED THE GROUND NEAR LAKE OCONEE.

0600 PM     HAIL             3 S WARRENTON           33.36N 82.67W
03/15/2008  E2.50 INCH       WARREN             GA   PUBLIC

0600 PM     HAIL             WARRENTON               33.41N 82.67W
03/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       WARREN             GA   PUBLIC

0600 PM     HAIL             GREENSBORO              33.57N 83.18W
03/15/2008  E1.25 INCH       GREENE             GA   PUBLIC

            ON LAKE OCONEE.

0610 PM     HAIL             SPARTA                  33.28N 82.97W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       HANCOCK            GA   PUBLIC

            EAST OF LAKE SINCLAIR.

&&

GRIFFITH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:37 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
637 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     HAIL             NICHOLSON               34.11N 83.43W
03/15/2008  E2.50 INCH       JACKSON            GA   PUBLIC

&&

GRIFFITH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:38 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
638 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             6 SSE MADISON           33.50N 83.44W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       MORGAN             GA   PUBLIC

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 7:02 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
702 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRIFFIN                 33.24N 84.27W
03/15/2008                   SPALDING           GA   PUBLIC

            MANY TREES DOWN...ONE CAUSED DAMAGE TO OUT BUILDING.
            SHINGLES OFF ROOF.

0615 PM     HAIL             GRIFFIN                 33.24N 84.27W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       SPALDING           GA   PUBLIC

&&

GRIFFITH

Local storm report, Mar 15, 7:11 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
711 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     HAIL             JACKSON                 33.29N 83.96W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       BUTTS              GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

GRIFFITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	36 min
Mar 14, 9:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Fulton	30 min
Mar 14, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	24 min
Mar 14, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Paulding, Polk	23 min
Mar 14, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	27 min
Mar 14, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale, Walton	45 min
Mar 14, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Paulding	35 min
Mar 14, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale	33 min
Mar 14, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Douglas, Fulton	45 min
Mar 14, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Newton	42 min
Mar 14, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry	55 min
Mar 14, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Putnam	27 min
Mar 14, 11:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Hancock, Putnam	46 min
Mar 14, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	40 min
Mar 14, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry	50 min
Mar 15, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Walton	27 min
Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 37 more	4 hr
Mar 15, 5:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard	50 min
Mar 15, 5:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more	33 min
Mar 15, 6:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	44 min
Mar 15, 6:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more	33 min
Mar 15, 6:46 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton	13 min
Mar 15, 11:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk	47 min
Mar 15, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield	26 min
Mar 15, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Union	36 min
Mar 15, 12:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding	43 min
Mar 15, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	23 min
Mar 15, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow	25 min
Mar 15, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth	35 min
Mar 15, 1:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens	46 min
Mar 15, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Polk	33 min
Mar 15, 1:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson	41 min
Mar 15, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Paulding	29 min
Mar 15, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth	33 min
Mar 15, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	45 min
Mar 15, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall	43 min
Mar 15, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee	24 min
Mar 15, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gordon, Murray	27 min
Mar 15, 2:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks, Madison	37 min
Mar 15, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton	35 min
Mar 15, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	40 min
Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens	47 min
Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Gwinnett, Hall	47 min
Mar 15, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens	45 min
Mar 15, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk	43 min
Mar 15, 2:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Barrow, Jackson	47 min
Mar 15, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding, Polk	36 min
Mar 15, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Jackson	33 min
Mar 15, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Lumpkin, Union	36 min
Mar 15, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens	41 min
Mar 15, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding	51 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Paulding	40 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	46 min
Mar 15, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns, Union	23 min
Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	White	23 min
Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	FFC	Cobb, Douglas, Fulton	38 min
Mar 15, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	34 min
Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett	59 min
Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall	44 min
Mar 15, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	DeKalb	35 min
Mar 15, 4:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks, Hall, Jackson	25 min
Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Oconee	25 min
Mar 15, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton	23 min
Mar 15, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Rockdale, Walton	32 min
Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Fulton	46 min
Mar 15, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Newton, Walton	45 min
Mar 15, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Barrow, Gwinnett	26 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale	79 min
Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	34 min
Mar 15, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Hall, Jackson	45 min
Mar 15, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro	40 min
Mar 15, 4:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Newton, Walton	37 min
Mar 15, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee	33 min
Mar 15, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Newton	27 min
Mar 15, 4:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Morgan	24 min
Mar 15, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Coweta, Heard	62 min
Mar 15, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe, Wilkes	46 min
Mar 15, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette, Fulton	28 min
Mar 15, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	27 min
Mar 15, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Madison	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.