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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2008, 5:47 PM EDT for Pike County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- May 10, 2008, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2008, 6:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:12 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Williamson, GA | |
| May 10, 6:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Orchard Hill, 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 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1694 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 102148
SVRFFC
GAC231-255-102230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0195.080510T2147Z-080510T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
547 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIO...OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE
SPALDING...COWETA...PIKE COUNTY BORDERS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EXPERIMENT...GRIFFIN...EAST GRIFFIN...AND HOLLONVILLE.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR 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 3315 8451 3319 8449 3326 8450 3326 8444
3332 8438 3330 8409 3325 8413 3318 8413
3319 8424 3311 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 278DEG 22KT 3323 8440
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 102204
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
603 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
GAC231-255-102230-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0195.000000T0000Z-080510T2230Z/
PIKE GA-SPALDING GA-
603 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN SPALDING AND NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES...
AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROVER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST
GRIFFIN AND ORCHARD HILL.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3315 8446 3326 8443 3330 8439 3325 8413
3324 8414 3323 8413 3318 8413 3319 8424
3311 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 278DEG 22KT 3322 8428
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 102220
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
GAC231-255-102227-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0195.000000T0000Z-080510T2230Z/
PIKE GA-SPALDING GA-
617 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SPALDING AND
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR THESE
COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST INTO NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY. THE IMMEDIATE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN SPALDING AND PIKE COUNTIES HAS ENDED.
HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
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 3315 8446 3326 8443 3330 8439 3325 8413
3324 8414 3323 8413 3318 8413 3319 8424
3311 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 278DEG 22KT 3321 8418
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 102222 CCA
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
GAC231-255-102227-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0195.000000T0000Z-080510T2230Z/
PIKE GA-SPALDING GA-
617 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SPALDING AND
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR THESE
COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST INTO NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY. THE IMMEDIATE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN SPALDING AND PIKE COUNTIES HAS ENDED.
HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR MUCH
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3315 8446 3326 8443 3330 8439 3325 8413
3324 8414 3323 8413 3318 8413 3319 8424
3311 8426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 278DEG 22KT 3321 8418
$$
19What 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 May 10, 5:22 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 5:22 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 522 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... CURRENT RADAR LOOP SHOWS SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY POPPING UP ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN ATL AND MCN. TORNADO WATCH 294 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A POLK CO TO OGLETHORPE CO LINE. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS CURRENTLY STALLED JUST NORTH OF MCN BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING NE THIS EVENING AS A WARM FRONT AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING COLD FRONT. MAIN LOW CENTER NOW OVER OK/KS IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NE INTO THE OH RIVER VALLEY BY 18Z SUN. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW GA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SWEEP THROUGH THE STATE BY 00Z MON. RIGHT NOW THE MAIN THREAT LOOKS LIKE TI WILL BE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE STALLED FRONT BUT AS STORMS START TO DEVELOP BACK ACROSS AL THEY MAY TRACK EASTWARD AND MOVE IN ACROSS THE ATL AREA. AS THINGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES BEGIN TO STEEPEN ALLOWING CAPES TO GET UP INTO THE 2000 TO 3000 RANGE WITH LIS AROUND -4 TO -7. THESE INSTABILITY INDICES WILL COMBINE WITH THE 50 KTS OR SO OF WESTERLY DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND WE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GET SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE FRONT. WITH THE SHEER IN PLACE...SUPERCELLS WILL BE LIKELY...SO THE HAIL THREAT WILL BE HIGH WITH ANY STORMS THAT CAN TAKE HOLD. ALSO WITH THE FRONT ACTING AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM THE TORNADO THREAT MUST BE WATCHED CAREFULLY...HOWEVER THE BEST SHEAR LOOKS TO STAY OFF TO THE WEST. THE SEVERE THREAT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. BY 12Z SUN A VERY STRONG 110KT JET AT 500 MB MOVES IN OVER NW GA AS IT SWINGS AROUND THE BASE OF THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW. THIS JET WILL PUT NORTH GEORGIA INTO THE FAVORED LEFT EXIT REGION BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS APPEAR TO BE GENERATING A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LEFT EXIT REGION...MOVING IT FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA INTO SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE DAY. GIVEN CAPES EVEN AT 12Z OF 1000 TO 2000 J/KG AND STORM MOTIONS LIKELY AT OR BETTER THAN 50 KTS...A RATHER WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES LOOKS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE MODELS DO SHOW THIS COLD FRONT SWINGING THROUGH THE STATE VERY FAST SO IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO GET A GOOD ORGANIZED STORM TO DEVELOP. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE REGION PUTTING GA IN GOOD NWLY FLOW AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE PARENT LOW CENTER. HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS BUILDING INTO THE AREA MON WITH IT BECOMING CENTERED OVER GA BY 12Z TUE. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS GA DRY MON AND TUE BUT NEXT WEAKER COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OUT OF THE MS RIVER VALLEY TUE NIGHT AND SHOULD BRING PRECIP BACK TO THE STATE BY WED MORNING. THE MODELS SHOW THIS FRONT STALLING ACROSS CENTRAL GA WED AFTERNOON AND IT STAYS THERE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. IF THIS HAPPENS THIS FRONT WILL ACT AS A MOISTURE TRAIN AND KEEP PUMPING GULF MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. THIS SHOULD BRING US SOME MUCH NEEDED PRECIP TO THE STATE. IT WILL ALSO BRING IN STRONG AND SOME POSSIBLY SEVER STORMS. THIS PATTERN WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...WE WILL START OF BELOW NORMAL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WITH STRONG COLD/DRY ADVECTION...BEFORE RETURNING TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMS BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. && .AVIATION... THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL SITES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS INDICATING A QUICK EXIT OF THE MOISTURE BETWEEN 12 AND 15Z SUN WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE CWA BY 00Z MON. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST AND GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT. UNTIL THEN WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 KTS THRU SUNDAY MORNING AND CIGS WILL SLOWLY LOWER THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE TSRA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 63 79 50 77 47 / 90 70 10 0 0 ATLANTA 64 74 52 72 51 / 80 60 0 0 0 BLAIRSVILLE 58 71 46 68 43 / 90 80 10 5 0 CARTERSVILLE 61 75 46 73 45 / 90 70 10 0 0 COLUMBUS 69 83 55 78 51 / 40 60 0 0 0 GAINESVILLE 62 75 51 73 50 / 90 80 10 5 0 MACON 69 84 53 80 50 / 50 70 5 0 0 ROME 64 76 49 74 47 / 90 70 10 0 0 PEACHTREE CITY 64 78 48 74 46 / 70 60 0 0 0 VIDALIA 68 86 55 78 50 / 50 60 5 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 11:34 AM EDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1134 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111000- 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- 1134 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT NORTH OF A COLUMBUS...MACON...AUGUSTA LINE WILL MOVE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT. AT THE SAME TIME A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CAROLINAS AND INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME WOULD BE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE RIDGE... TO LAWRENCEVILLE...TO VIDALIA. .OTHER HAZARDS... HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A HAZARD TONIGHT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN SUNSET THIS EVENING AND SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. .DISCUSSION... AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO NORTH GEORGIA...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL DESTABILIZE. LIFTED INDICES FROM -3 TO -6...AND CAPES FROM 1500 TO 3000 ARE LIKELY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL REMAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE WIND SHEAR IS NOT IMPRESSIVE...DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE WEDGE WILL BE IN PLACE TONIGHT AND THIS WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...HOWEVER LARGE HAIL IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 408 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 GAZ086-102030- 408 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN EMANUEL COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL JENKINS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST EMANUEL COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM EDT. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:51 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 451 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 GAZ054-102115- 451 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM EDT... AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PEACHTREE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES ACROSS PEACHTREE CITY...STARRS MILL...AND BROOKS. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THIS ACTIVITY. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 4:57 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 457 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 GAZ083-095-102145- 457 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN HOUSTON AND TWIGGS COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROBINS AFB...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS HOUSTON AND TWIGGS COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BONAIRE...WARNER ROBINS...ROBINS AFB... CENTERVILLE...BULLARD...TARVERSVILLE...JEFFERSONVILLE AND DANVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 5:10 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 510 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 GAZ053-054-056-057-102200- 510 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN WESTERN SPALDING...SOUTHERN COWETA...SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES EAST OF WOOLSEY TO SENOIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE NUMEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS. 19
Special weather statement, May 10, 5:27 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 527 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 GAZ072-102200- 527 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN JONES COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROUND OAK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS JONES COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ROUND OAK...WAYSIDE...BRADLEY...CLINTON... BLOUNTSVILLE...GRAY...JAMES AND HADDOCK. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 10, 5:41 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 541 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 GAZ062-102215- 541 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS WARREN COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NORRIS...WARRENTON...NORWOOD AND CAMAK. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 25 min |
| May 10, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 23 min |
| May 10, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 65 min |
| May 10, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 38 min |
| May 10, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 41 min |
| May 10, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 47 min |
| May 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens | 49 min |
| May 10, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 58 min |
| May 10, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta | 41 min |
| May 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 35 min |
| May 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren, Washington | 22 min |
| May 10, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 40 min |
| May 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 38 min |
| May 10, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 10, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 39 min |
| May 10, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| May 10, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 41 min |
| May 10, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 23 min |
| May 10, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 30 min |
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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.