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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 26, 2008Marion County, Talbot County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 9:06 AM EST for Marion County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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
Feb 26, 2008, 9:06 AM EST (14:06 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2008, 9:45 AM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Marion County, GA, Talbot County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 26, 9:15 AM ESTHAIL 0.752 S Talbotton, GA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 26, 5:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -146 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 261406
SVRFFC
GAC197-263-261445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0039.080226T1406Z-080226T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
906 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 AM EST

* AT 905 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
  JUNIPER TO BOX SPRINGS TO 17 MILES WEST OF BRANTLEY...MOVING EAST
  AT 65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TALBOTTON...BUENA VISTA AND PUTNAM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY
FOR SOUTHERN 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 3223 8466 3247 8466 3252 8463 3253 8467
      3269 8469 3275 8432 3263 8437 3260 8440
      3256 8440 3256 8444 3253 8446 3242 8439
      3226 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 251DEG 66KT 3259 8455 3248 8462
          3234 8483

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 261428
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
927 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

GAC263-261437-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080226T1445Z/
TALBOT GA-
927 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY
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 3235 8466 3236 8465 3239 8465 3244 8441
      3243 8440 3226 8443 3224 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 256DEG 61KT 3232 8454

$$

GAC197-261445-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080226T1445Z/
MARION GA-
927 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST
FOR CENTRAL MARION COUNTY...

AT 922 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 
PENNY SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERGINSVILLE...MOVING 
EAST AT 60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOYLE
AND TAZEWELL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY 
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL 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 3235 8466 3236 8465 3239 8465 3244 8441
      3243 8440 3226 8443 3224 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 256DEG 61KT 3232 8454

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 26, 3:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more27 hr
Feb 26, 5:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk35 min
Feb 26, 5:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard40 min
Feb 26, 6:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas42 min
Feb 26, 6:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta38 min
Feb 26, 6:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton48 min
Feb 26, 6:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, Gwinnett48 min
Feb 26, 6:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall45 min
Feb 26, 6:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale24 min
Feb 26, 6:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson, Newton, Walton38 min
Feb 26, 7:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry, Jasper, Newton40 min
Feb 26, 7:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Greene, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe and 1 more43 min
Feb 26, 8:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Meriwether, Talbot, Upson32 min
Feb 26, 8:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee43 min
Feb 26, 8:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe, Taylor25 min
Feb 26, 9:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe46 min
Feb 26, 9:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford25 min
Feb 26, 10:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon31 min
Feb 26, 10:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Houston, Twiggs24 min
Feb 26, 10:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski31 min
Feb 26, 10:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen65 min
Feb 26, 11:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Wheeler29 min
Feb 26, 11:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Wheeler35 min
Feb 26, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs30 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.