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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 20, 2008Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2008, 6:31 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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: May 20, 2008, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 20, 6:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Louisville, GA	SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWN IN THE CITY.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 4 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 20, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 202232
SVRFFC
GAC163-303-202315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0254.080520T2231Z-080520T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
631 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STELLAVILLE TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  TENNILLE TO TENNILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LOUISVILLE AND WADLEY.

GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS 
AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE MILLEDGEVILLE AREA IN BALDWIN COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS 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.

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 3311 8227 3292 8227 3284 8232 3280 8242
      3276 8242 3282 8252 3280 8261 3295 8293
      3325 8226 3324 8224 3319 8222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 284DEG 34KT 3310 8229 3284 8261
          3293 8283

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 202250
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
648 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

GAC303-202258-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0254.000000T0000Z-080520T2315Z/
WASHINGTON GA-
648 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AND SEVERE 
WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY 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 3292 8227 3284 8232 3280 8242 3276 8242
      3283 8252 3291 8251 3296 8252 3302 8228
      3301 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 278DEG 39KT 3289 8232

$$

GAC163-202315-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0254.000000T0000Z-080520T2315Z/
JEFFERSON GA-
648 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
WADLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY 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 3292 8227 3284 8232 3280 8242 3276 8242
      3283 8252 3291 8251 3296 8252 3302 8228
      3301 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 278DEG 39KT 3289 8232

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 202300 RRA
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
659 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

GAC163-202309-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0254.000000T0000Z-080520T2315Z/
JEFFERSON GA-
659 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR 
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.  ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING.

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 3292 8227 3284 8232 3280 8242 3276 8242
      3283 8252 3291 8251 3296 8252 3302 8228
      3301 8227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 278DEG 39KT 3287 8218

$$

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 May 20, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
403 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
PRIMARY CONCERN IS CHANCE FOR SEVERE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. STORMS FIRING UP ALONG COLD FRONT IN TN AND XTRM NRN AL
BUT HAVE ALSO SEEN SVR STORM DEVELOP JUST EAST OF WARRENTON. COULD
SEE ADDITIONAL ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS ALONG SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND CU FIELD IN CENTRAL GA EVEN
THOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NOT AS WELL DEFINED. AXIS OF GREATEST
INSTABILITY ALONG BROAD SWATH ALSO CENTERED ALONG I-20 WHERE
MLCAPE VALUES 1500-2000 J/KG. WILL LIKELY SEE TWO AREAS OF STORMS
...ONE IN FAR NRN GA NEAR COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER ALONG SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY OF CLOUDS. PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL UP TO 2.5 INCHES
IN DIAMETER. DAMAGING WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE BUT NOT AS LIKELY.
TORNADO THREAT SOMEWHAT LOW ATTM AS LOW LEVEL STORM RELATIVE
HELICITY HAS NOT INCREASED AS MUCH AS MODEL FCST SOUNDINGS
INDICATED. IF STORM BECOMES SUPERCELLULAR WITH HIGHLY DEVIANT
RIGHT MOTION...COULD SEE STRONGLY ROTATING UPDRAFTS AND ISOLATED
TORNADO ESP IN CENTRAL GA.

FRONT WILL TAKE ITS TIME TO SAG INTO THE STATE TONIGHT. VERTICAL
MOTION PROGGED TO WEAKEN AS WEAK SHORT WAVE SWEEPS THROUGH. MAV
GUIDANCE POPS AND GFS/WRF QPF NOT VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH RAINFALL.
ONLY SMALL POPS FOR TSRA ALONG FAR SRN ZONES FOR EARLY WED BEFORE
CLEARING OUT.

NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR TSRA ON THURSDAY AS WARM/MOIST ADVECTION
RETURNS. ATYPICAL UPPER PATTERN WITH TWO LARGE CUTOFF LOWS...ONE
OVER WRN U.S. AND THE OTHER OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. PRETTY GOOD
AGREEMENT LARGE SCALE PATTERN WITH SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE MODELS
AS WRN LOW TAKING ITS SWEET TIME TO MOVE EAST WHILE THE NE LOW
DRIFTS SOUTH. HOWEVER...GFS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN NAM WITH
POPS AND PRECIP AMOUNTS ON THURS NIGHT AND FRI. HAVE BACKED OFF ON
POPS SOME. INSTABILITY LOOKS PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS SYSTEM HOWEVER
WINDS ALOFT WILL BE FAIRLY WEEK.

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
PATTERN REMAINS NEARLY STAGNANT WITH BLOCKING FEATURES MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY.  ANOTHER FLY IN THE PICTURE FOR THE LONG TERM IS
POSSIBLE TROPICAL FEED OF MOISTURE MOVING IN LATER IN THE WEEK.
GOING FCST SEEMS PRETTY CLOSE TO LATEST MODEL PROGS. NO GOOD
REASON TO CHANGE ATTM.

SNELSON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          60  82  52  84  60 /  30  10   5  20  20
ATLANTA         60  80  60  81  64 /  30  10   5  30  20
BLAIRSVILLE     55  76  47  75  54 /  20  10  10  30  20
CARTERSVILLE    56  80  52  81  59 /  20  10  10  30  20
COLUMBUS        67  86  60  86  67 /  20  10   5  40  20
GAINESVILLE     59  79  53  81  60 /  30  10  10  30  20
MACON           63  87  55  89  66 /  30  10   5  30  20
ROME            56  80  55  80  62 /  20  10  10  30  20
PEACHTREE CITY  58  80  53  82  62 /  30  10   5  30  20
VIDALIA         67  90  58  89  67 /  30  20  10  20  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...
CHEROKEE...CLARKE...COBB...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DOUGLAS...
FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GWINNETT...HALL...
HARALSON...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MURRAY...NORTH FULTON...
OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...SOUTH FULTON...
TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WALTON...WHITE...WHITFIELD.

&&

13

Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 10:30 AM EDT, 8 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1030 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-211000-
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-
1030 AM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE
MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF
DALTON AND NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO DUBLIN...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF
DALTON AND SOUTH OF COLUMBUS TO DUBLIN.

.OTHER HAZARDS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NORTH GEORGIA NORTH OF A
LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA AND ATHENS. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.

.DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE IS INCREASING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. CAPES
WILL INCREASE TO 1500 TO 2000 WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 3 TO
MINUS 5. WHILE THE INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...A LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE WEAK LOW LEVEL SHEAR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION.

BDL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 6:11 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

0528 PM     HAIL             CRAWFORDVILLE           33.55N 82.90W
05/20/2008  E1.75 INCH       TALIAFERRO         GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

MSR

Local storm report, May 20, 6:19 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
619 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

0535 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 S CALHOUN             34.39N 84.94W
05/20/2008  E60 MPH          GORDON             GA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 MPH WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

MSR

Special weather statement, May 20, 6:23 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
623 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

GAZ008-015-016-202300-
623 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN
LUMPKIN...WHITE AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTH UNION COUNTY TO
CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS LUMPKIN...WHITE AND UNION
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

Local storm report, May 20, 6:25 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
625 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

0550 PM     HAIL             MILLEDGEVILLE           33.09N 83.24W
05/20/2008  E2.50 INCH       BALDWIN            GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

SNELSON

Local storm report, May 20, 6:27 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
627 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

0550 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLEDGEVILLE           33.09N 83.24W
05/20/2008                   BALDWIN            GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. SOME TREES AND LINES
            DOWN ON VEHICLES AND HOMES. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.

&&

SNELSON

Local storm report, May 20, 6:29 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008

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

0545 PM     HAIL             MENLO                   34.48N 85.48W
05/20/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHATTOOGA          GA   PUBLIC

            SOME TREES WERE DOWN IN THE CITY AS WELL

0553 PM     HAIL             3 SSW SUMMERVILLE       34.44N 85.37W
05/20/2008  E1.75 INCH       CHATTOOGA          GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

0600 PM     HAIL             2 N WHITE               34.31N 84.75W
05/20/2008  E0.88 INCH       BARTOW             GA   PUBLIC

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLEDGEVILLE           33.09N 83.24W
05/20/2008                   BALDWIN            GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWN ACROSS
            MILLEDGEVILLE.

0600 PM     HAIL             11 SE MILLEDGEVILLE     32.97N 83.11W
05/20/2008  E1.75 INCH       BALDWIN            GA   PUBLIC

&&

MSR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 4:20 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	FFC	Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 31 more	15 hr
May 20, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette	33 min
May 20, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dade, Walker	46 min
May 20, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Spalding	43 min
May 20, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton	39 min
May 20, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Murray, Whitfield	61 min
May 20, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Catoosa, Walker	29 min
May 20, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Walker	51 min
May 20, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Putnam	43 min
May 20, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Butts, Jasper, Monroe	36 min
May 20, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Floyd, Gordon	67 min
May 20, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene	25 min
May 20, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Warren	32 min
May 20, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro	44 min
May 20, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Jones, Putnam	51 min
May 20, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga, Floyd	78 min
May 20, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens	44 min
May 20, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	26 min
May 20, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union	17 min
May 20, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Baldwin, Hancock, Washington	41 min
May 20, 5:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Bartow, Cherokee	15 min
May 20, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Glascock, Jefferson, Washington	58 min
May 20, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth, Fulton	52 min
May 20, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Paulding	50 min
May 20, 6:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton	27 min
May 20, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	55 min
May 20, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	65 min
May 20, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Gwinnett	46 min
May 20, 6:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Haralson, Polk	34 min
May 20, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Newton, Rockdale, Walton	58 min
May 20, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	40 min
May 20, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton	31 min
May 20, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding	56 min
May 20, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Morgan, Oconee	34 min
May 20, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe, Putnam	47 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.