Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2008, 9:41 PM EDT for Lamar County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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, 9:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Yatesville, GA | SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN AROUND YATESVILLE. |
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 17 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 1497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 210141
SVRFFC
GAC171-231-293-210215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0272.080521T0141Z-080521T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
941 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST
OF PIEDMONT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 47 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BARNESVILLE.
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 300 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING 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 3301 8443 3310 8434 3305 8406 3295 8406
3292 8410 3292 8412 3290 8413 3287 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 294DEG 41KT 3302 8432
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 210156
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
955 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
GAC231-210205-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-080521T0215Z/
PIKE GA-
955 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE COUNTY AND SEVERE
STORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3297 8433 3300 8429 3299 8426 3303 8427
3308 8421 3305 8406 3295 8406 3292 8410
3292 8412 3287 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 294DEG 41KT 3304 8410 3296 8411
3292 8421
$$
GAC171-293-210215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-080521T0215Z/
UPSON GA-LAMAR GA-
955 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN LAMAR AND NORTHEASTERN UPSON COUNTIES...
AT 952 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 BARNESVILLE TO YATESVILLE TO THE
ROCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 47 MPH.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN 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 3297 8433 3300 8429 3299 8426 3303 8427
3308 8421 3305 8406 3295 8406 3292 8410
3292 8412 3287 8416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 294DEG 41KT 3304 8410 3296 8411
3292 8421
$$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, 8:53 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 8:53 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 853 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 UPDATE... SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH GRADUALLY BEING TRIMMED DOWN FROM THE NORTH AS LINE OF CONVECTION PUSHES SOUTH OF I-20. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND HAVE RAISED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY IN THOSE AREAS. TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK. .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 && .AVIATION... CEILINGS GENERALLY 4 TO 6 THOUSAND FEET WITH THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING...FOLLOWED BY LITTLE MORE THAN SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 5 THOUSAND FEET OR HIGHER THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE PASSAGE OF THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE SURFACE FRONT WHEN WINDS MAY BE LIGHT ENOUGH FOR FOG FORMATION. LOOKING FOR VISIBILITIES IN THE MVFR RANGE AT A FEW NORTHERN AIRPORTS DURING THAT TIME. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE LOOKING FOR NO SIGNIFICANT CLOUDS OR RESTRICTION TO VISIBILITY AS DRIER AIR PUSHED IN ON NORTHWEST FLOW. && .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... NONE. && 13/15/23
Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 10:30 AM EDT, 11 hours 11 minutes 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, 9:05 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
905 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 33.28N 85.10W
05/20/2008 HEARD GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0845 PM HAIL CENTRALHATCHEE 33.37N 85.10W
05/20/2008 E0.75 INCH HEARD GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
&&
MSRSpecial weather statement, May 20, 9:14 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 914 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 GAZ058-059-071-210145- 914 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN MONROE...BUTTS AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JENKINSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS MONROE... BUTTS AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE JENKINSBURG...HIGH FALLS STATE PARK... BLOUNT...JACKSON...INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK...FLOVILLA...BERNER... JULIETTE...EAST JULIETTE...MONTICELLO...HILLSBORO AND ADGATEVILLE.
Local storm report, May 20, 9:19 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
919 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG EATONTON 33.32N 83.39W
05/20/2008 PUTNAM GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN IN THE CITY.
&&
MSRLocal storm report, May 20, 9:24 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
924 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 PM DOWNBURST NORWOOD 33.46N 82.71W
05/20/2008 WARREN GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES ARE DOWN IN THE NORWOOD
AREA.
&&
MSRLocal storm report, May 20, 9:36 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
936 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM TSTM WND DMG LUTHERSVILLE 33.21N 84.74W
05/20/2008 MERIWETHER GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
0905 PM TSTM WND DMG HOGANSVILLE 33.17N 84.90W
05/20/2008 TROUP GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE NORTEAST PART OF THE
COUNTY IN THE HOGANSVILLE AREA.
&&
MSRSpecial weather statement, May 20, 9:38 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 938 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 GAZ059-071-072-210215- 938 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 45 MPH WINDS IN JONES...MONROE AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT... AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERNER TO 5 MILES WEST OF BERNER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS JONES...MONROE AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BERNER...ADGATEVILLE...JULIETTE...EAST JULIETTE... HILLSBORO... BOLINGBROKE...WAYSIDE...ROUND OAK...ARKWRIGHT... BRADLEY...BLOUNTSVILLE...CLINTON...GRAY AND JAMES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 52 min |
| May 20, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 35 min |
| May 20, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 26 min |
| May 20, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 43 min |
| May 20, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 52 min |
| May 20, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 43 min |
| May 20, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock | 26 min |
| May 20, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren, Washington | 68 min |
| May 20, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 47 min |
| May 20, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 31 min |
| May 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Glascock, Washington | 26 min |
| May 20, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam | 39 min |
| May 20, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 29 min |
| May 20, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Upson | 50 min |
| May 20, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 38 min |
| May 20, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 29 min |
| May 20, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 41 min |
| May 21, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 27 min |
| May 21, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.