Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 9:55 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 15, 2008, 9:55 PM EDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2008, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 160155
SVRFFC
GAC141-301-160245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0342.080616T0155Z-080616T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
955 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
POWELTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARRENTON.
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 3332 8257 3332 8261 3330 8264 3330 8266
3328 8269 3330 8291 3345 8288 3348 8258
3345 8258 3342 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 280DEG 9KT 3339 8283
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 160224
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1023 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
GAC141-160233-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-080616T0245Z/
HANCOCK GA-
1023 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED HANCOCK COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3332 8257 3332 8261 3330 8264 3330 8266
3329 8267 3329 8276 3343 8282 3348 8258
3345 8258 3342 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 280DEG 9KT 3338 8275
$$
GAC301-160245-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-080616T0245Z/
WARREN GA-
1023 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY...
AT 1021 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PENNY
SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR NORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...AND HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF
WEAKENING.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WARRENTON AND CAMAK.
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 3332 8257 3332 8261 3330 8264 3330 8266
3329 8267 3329 8276 3343 8282 3348 8258
3345 8258 3342 8255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 280DEG 9KT 3338 8275
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 12:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Crawford | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.