Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2008, 7:30 PM EST for Walker County, Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 7:30 PM EST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 6:16 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 110030
SVRFFC
GAC295-313-110100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0004.080111T0030Z-080111T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
730 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 730 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY FACE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TUNNEL HILL AND DALTON.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH
CURRENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE THE EXISTENCE OF A TORNADO...A TORNADO
MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN 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 3496 8490 3488 8483 3478 8488 3473 8488
3462 8524 3469 8528 3477 8516 3476 8515
3482 8510 3481 8507 3484 8506 3485 8502
3488 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 239DEG 43KT 3468 8521
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 110049
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
748 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
GAC295-110058-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080111T0100Z/
WALKER GA-
748 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF WALKER COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3496 8490 3488 8483 3474 8488 3470 8504
3471 8505 3472 8514 3481 8512 3481 8507
3484 8506 3485 8501 3488 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 234DEG 40KT 3483 8505 3472 8509
$$
GAC313-110100-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080111T0100Z/
WHITFIELD GA-
748 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY...
AT 746 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ROCKY FACE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY FACE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VARNELL...DALTON AND DAWNVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN 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 3496 8490 3488 8483 3474 8488 3470 8504
3471 8505 3472 8514 3481 8512 3481 8507
3484 8506 3485 8501 3488 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 234DEG 40KT 3483 8505 3472 8509
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 110101
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
800 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
GAC313-110110-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080111T0100Z/
WHITFIELD GA-
800 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WHITFIELD COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 800 PM EST...
THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...BUT MAY
STILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ACROSS EASTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY
THROUGH 815 PM EST.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3496 8490 3488 8483 3474 8488 3470 8504
3471 8505 3472 8514 3481 8512 3481 8507
3484 8506 3485 8501 3488 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 234DEG 40KT 3484 8504 3473 8508
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee | 42 min |
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.