Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 409, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2008, 10:43 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 6, 2008, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2008, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 070243
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-070330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0409.080707T0243Z-080707T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1043 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1041 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
CHEROKEE...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE SOUTHEAST BARTOW AND SOUTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTIES.
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 3428 8456 3410 8455 3409 8459 3410 8459
3411 8463 3409 8463 3409 8469 3426 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 170DEG 8KT 3417 8464
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 070258
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1055 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008
GAC015-057-070330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0409.000000T0000Z-080707T0330Z/
CHEROKEE GA-BARTOW GA-
1055 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARTOW AND SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 1054 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHEROKEE...MOVING NORTH AT 9 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE LAKE ALLATOONA WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA AND SUTALLEE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3428 8456 3410 8455 3409 8459 3410 8459
3411 8463 3409 8463 3409 8469 3426 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 170DEG 8KT 3420 8465
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 070317
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1116 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008
GAC015-057-070330-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0409.000000T0000Z-080707T0330Z/
CHEROKEE GA-BARTOW GA-
1116 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BARTOW AND WEST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 1111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEROKEE...MOVING NORTH AT 9 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LAKE ALLATOONA AND HIGHWAY 20
ALONG THE BARTOW-CHEROKEE COUNTY LINE.
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 3428 8456 3416 8455 3414 8461 3416 8470
3426 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 170DEG 8KT 3424 8466
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 19 min |
| Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 46 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.