Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 9, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newnan, GA | ONE TREE DOWN ON VEHICLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 100131
SVRFFC
GAC077-199-285-100215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0310.080610T0130Z-080610T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
930 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 926 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 NEAR SAINT
MARKS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 1 MILE WEST OF LUTHERSVILLE...ALSO
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LUTHERSVILLE...GRANTVILLE...NEWNAN AND EAST NEWNAN.
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.
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 3336 8498 3343 8470 3319 8462 3309 8484
3315 8489 3327 8494 3327 8493 3328 8494
3328 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 160DEG 9KT 3316 8480
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 100140
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
939 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
GAC077-199-285-100215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080610T0215Z/
TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-COWETA GA-
939 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL COWETA...NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
TROUP COUNTIES...
AT 934 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING WAS ALSO OCCURING WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS CENTERED
NEAR LONE OAK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOGANSVILLE...LUTHERSVILLE...GRANTVILLE...STEPHENS CROSSROADS...
NEWNAN...MORELAND AND EAST NEWNAN.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3336 8491 3343 8470 3319 8462 3311 8482
3315 8489 3327 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 176DEG 8KT 3318 8480
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 100158
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
957 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
GAC199-285-100207-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080610T0215Z/
TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
957 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MERIWETHER AND
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF MERIWETHER
AND TROUP COUNTIES.
IF YOU SAW 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 3330 8491 3331 8492 3336 8491 3342 8473
3323 8470 3323 8490 3327 8492 3330 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 165DEG 23KT 3328 8482
$$
GAC077-100215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080610T0215Z/
COWETA GA-
957 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY...
AT 956 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STEPHENS CROSSROADS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MORELAND
...EAST NEWNAN AND NEWNAN.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3330 8491 3331 8492 3336 8491 3342 8473
3323 8470 3323 8490 3327 8492 3330 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 165DEG 13KT 3328 8482
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 100201
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1001 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
GAC077-100215-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080610T0215Z/
COWETA GA-
1001 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY...
AT 1000 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR STEPHENS CROSSROADS...MOVING NORTH AT 17 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MORELAND
...EAST NEWNAN AND NEWNAN.
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 3330 8491 3331 8492 3336 8491 3342 8473
3323 8470 3323 8490 3327 8492 3330 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 167DEG 15KT 3330 8483
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 100213
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1013 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
GAC077-100223-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080610T0215Z/
COWETA GA-
1013 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS
BUT WILL STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3330 8491 3331 8492 3336 8491 3342 8473
3323 8470 3323 8490 3327 8492 3330 8492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 167DEG 15KT 3335 8484
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 26 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.