Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2008, 4:09 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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 28, 2008, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Laurens County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 282010
SVRFFC
GAC175-282100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0366.080628T2009Z-080628T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
409 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 407 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 BETWEEN RENTZ
AND CADWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CEDAR GROVE AND LOWERY.
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 3225 8304 3226 8303 3227 8306 3251 8319
3259 8268 3252 8267 3249 8264 3245 8269
3237 8271 3234 8274 3230 8273 3227 8276
3219 8286 3215 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 265DEG 20KT 3234 8296
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 282053
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
452 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008
GAC175-282102-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0366.000000T0000Z-080628T2100Z/
LAURENS GA-
452 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAURENS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500
PM EDT...
AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3225 8304 3226 8303 3227 8306 3251 8319
3259 8268 3252 8267 3249 8264 3245 8269
3237 8271 3234 8274 3230 8273 3227 8276
3219 8286 3215 8299
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 265DEG 20KT 3234 8268
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 20 min |
| Jun 28, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 45 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.