Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 6:45 AM EST for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2008, 6:45 AM EST (11:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 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 261145
SVRFFC
GAC139-261230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0031.080226T1145Z-080226T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
645 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 730 AM EST
* AT 642 AM 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
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE TO LAKE LANIER ISLAND TO 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAKE LANIER ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FLOWERY BRANCH...OAKWOOD...WESTSIDE...GAINESVILLE MILLS...CANDLER
AND LULA.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
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 3436 8367 3429 8362 3410 8384 3418 8406
3421 8398 3428 8393 3434 8398 3440 8398
3447 8389 3450 8385 3447 8362 3444 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1145Z 278DEG 60KT 3442 8398 3419 8400
3393 8409
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 261226
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
724 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
GAC139-261234-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080226T1230Z/
HALL GA-
724 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HALL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 AM
EST...
AT 724 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF HALL COUNTY...SO THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 AM EST.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3436 8367 3429 8362 3410 8384 3418 8406
3421 8398 3428 8393 3434 8398 3440 8398
3447 8389 3450 8385 3447 8362 3444 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 278DEG 60KT 3448 8320 3425 8322
3399 8332
$$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 Feb 26, 5:10 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 5:10 AM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 510 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS CWA TODAY AHEAD OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY. LOOK FOR BEST COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA THIS MORNING...THE SOUTHEAST HALF THIS AFTERNOON. SPC INDICATING SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA WHERE CAPES PROGD IN THE 300 TO 800 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON ...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. MODELS SIMILAR WITH SPEEDS INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. HAVE ISSUED WIND ADVISORY TO COVER. FRONT PROGD WELL SOUTH OF THE CWA BY DAYS END AND WILL END ALL PRECIP BY TONIGHT...EXCEPT ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA WHERE WE COULD SEE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OVERNIGHT IN THE WRAP-AROUND. THICKNESSES COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE A MENTION OF SNOW FLURRIES THERE. HIGH PRESSURE BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WEDNESDAY WITH A DRIER BUT MUCH COOLER AIRMASS SETTLING IN OVER OUR AREA. MODELS GUIDANCE SIMILAR WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. DRY FORECAST CONTINUING THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. TEMPS BEGIN TO MODERATE A BIT THURSDAY...BUT HIGHS STILL EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SHIFT OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES PULLING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE TN-MS VALLEY REGION. EXTENDED PROGS SIMILAR WITH SOME DEEPER MOISTURE SPREADING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA BY LATE DAY FRIDAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. BOUNDARY THEN APPEARS TO WEAKEN/WASH OUT AS IT PUSHES ACROSS OUR AREA FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE. LATEST GFS RUN SHOW REMNANTS OF BOUNDARY MEANDERING SOMEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA SATURDAY/SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SPEED ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS TOSSING OUT LOW POPS ACROSS OUR AREA DURING THIS TIME BUT PLAN TO KEEP FORECAST DRY FOR NOW AND LET ANOTHER RUN OF MODELS CONFIRM THIS POSSIBILITY. WILL HOWEVER CARRY CHANCE POPS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH STRONGER FRONT WITH BETTER MOISTURES PROGD TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA. && .AVIATION...UPDATED... LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE MAIN CONCERN THAT WILL BE ON TOP OF ATL 12-13Z. IFR-MVFR CEILINGS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT. IFR-MVFR VSBYS DUE TO SHOWERS/FOG. PRECIP ENDING THIS AFTERNOON OVER TAF SITES. SSW WINDS 10-15 KTS AHEAD OF FRONT GUSTING TO 30 KTS WITH LINE OF CONVECTION. WNW WINDS BEHIND FRONT 15-20 KTS GUSTING TO 30 KTS. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 58 32 46 25 56 / 100 5 5 5 5 ATLANTA 59 32 43 26 56 / 100 0 5 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 48 29 36 22 48 / 100 20 10 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 58 32 42 24 52 / 100 5 0 5 5 COLUMBUS 63 35 50 30 60 / 100 0 5 5 5 GAINESVILLE 55 29 42 24 51 / 100 5 5 5 5 MACON 62 36 52 26 59 / 100 0 5 5 5 ROME 54 33 45 27 55 / 100 20 0 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 62 32 43 27 57 / 100 0 5 5 5 VIDALIA 68 37 52 25 57 / 70 0 5 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 4:00 AM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-270900- 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- 400 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. .SYNOPSIS... A FAST MOVING STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WHILE A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE MID U.S. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON AND SOUTH LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO THE NORTH. .DISCUSSION... CAPES WILL INCREASE TO 1000 WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 2 TO MINUS 4. THIS INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL GIVE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. .OTHER HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE JUST AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION. BDL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 4:36 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 436 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 GAZ002>004-011-261000- 436 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN CHATTOOGA... WALKER...WHITFIELD AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM EST... AT 435 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKEVIEW TO 17 MILES WEST OF CHATTOOGAVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 4:59 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 459 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 GAZ002-004-005-011-012-019-261030- 459 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 35 MPH WINDS IN FLOYD...CHATTOOGA... GORDON...WALKER...WHITFIELD AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM EST... AT 453 AM EST/353 AM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM COHUTTA TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHATTOOGAVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 5:59 AM EST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 559 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 GAZ006>008-013>015-020-021-261145- 559 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN CHEROKEE...BARTOW... PICKENS...DAWSON...LUMPKIN...GILMER...UNION AND FANNIN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM EST... AT 555 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PISGAH TO TAYLORSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 6:24 AM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 GAZ066-261215- 624 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 50 MPH WINDS IN TROUP COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM EST... AT 620 AM EST/520 AM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF HOGANSVILLE TO 20 MILES WEST OF ABBOTTSFORD...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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, Feb 26, 6:40 AM EST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 640 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 GAZ067-261300- 640 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR 45 MPH WINDS IN MERIWETHER COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM EST... AT 637 AM EST/537 AM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALVATON TO 33 MILES WEST OF PRIMROSE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:32 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 5:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 6:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 42 min |
| Feb 26, 6:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 6:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 6:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Gwinnett | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 6:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 24 min |
| Feb 26, 6:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Jackson, Newton, Walton | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 7:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 7:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 8:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson | 32 min |
| Feb 26, 8:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 8:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor | 25 min |
| Feb 26, 9:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 9:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Jones, Monroe | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 25 min |
| Feb 26, 10:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon | 31 min |
| Feb 26, 10:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 24 min |
| Feb 26, 10:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Feb 26, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen | 65 min |
| Feb 26, 11:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Feb 26, 11:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 30 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.