Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 2:30 PM EST for Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 061930
SVRFFC
GAC167-303-062000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0013.080206T1930Z-080206T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
230 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 300 PM EST
* AT 228 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP
TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES WEST OF DONAVAN TO 7 MILES WEST OF SPANN TO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPANN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WRIGHTSVILLE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 3274 8258 3265 8276 3266 8279 3269 8281
3271 8290 3281 8287 3297 8255 3297 8254
3291 8251 3282 8252 3280 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 239DEG 39KT 3277 8281 3266 8285
3258 8294
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 061948
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
247 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008
GAC167-303-062000-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080206T2000Z/
JOHNSON GA-WASHINGTON GA-
247 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES...
AT 242 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 8 MILES EAST OF HARRISON TO WRIGHTSVILLE TO SPANN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3274 8258 3265 8276 3266 8279 3269 8281
3271 8290 3281 8287 3297 8255 3297 8254
3291 8251 3282 8252 3280 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 239DEG 39KT 3287 8254 3276 8258
3268 8267
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 6:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 14 min |
| Feb 6, 8:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 8:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 10:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 11:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 2:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 19 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.