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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 9:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 40 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
- Apr 4, 2008, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 050105
SVRFFC
GAC133-221-265-317-050145-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0166.080405T0105Z-080405T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
905 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 903 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BAIRDSTOWN TO GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST
AT 46 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
POINT...LYNEVILLE...PRATHER AND WASHINGTON.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL 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 3363 8260 3360 8263 3361 8265 3359 8270
3351 8275 3352 8281 3350 8283 3350 8322
3383 8327 3382 8258 3364 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 270DEG 40KT 3374 8315 3359 8312
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 050125
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
924 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
GAC133-221-050134-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-080405T0145Z/
GREENE GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
924 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OGLETHORPE AND
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF OGLETHORPE AND
GREENE COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS EASTERN GREENE COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3363 8260 3359 8271 3351 8275 3352 8281
3350 8285 3350 8295 3362 8298 3367 8296
3370 8300 3374 8295 3378 8299 3382 8295
3382 8258 3364 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 270DEG 40KT 3374 8290 3359 8287
$$
GAC265-317-050145-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-080405T0145Z/
TALIAFERRO GA-WILKES GA-
924 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WILKES AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES...
AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RAYLE TO CRAWFORDVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHARON...RAYTOWN...FICKLIN...PRATHER...WASHINGTON...AONIA AND
METASVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN 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 3363 8260 3359 8271 3351 8275 3352 8281
3350 8285 3350 8295 3362 8298 3367 8296
3370 8300 3374 8295 3378 8299 3382 8295
3382 8258 3364 8249
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 270DEG 40KT 3374 8290 3359 8287
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 44 min |
| Apr 4, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Troup | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 9:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 25 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee | 15 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen | 45 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.