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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 26, 2008Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 9:20 AM EST for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 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, 9:20 AM EST (14:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2008, 9:45 AM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Crawford County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9:45 AM ESTHAIL 0.75Knoxville, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 261421
SVRFFC
GAC079-261445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0041.080226T1420Z-080226T1445Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 945 AM EST

* AT 920 AM EST...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
  ROBERTA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ACROSS ROBERTA AND MUSELLA BY 925 AM  
  EST. 

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 3265 8410 3267 8409 3267 8412 3270 8418
      3284 8412 3285 8390 3275 8383 3269 8375
      3263 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 254DEG 54KT 3273 8399

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 261438
SVSFFC

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

GAC079-261447-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080226T1445Z/
CRAWFORD GA-
937 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 945 AM EST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 
HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL PERSIST 
THROUGH AT LEAST 1030 AM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY 
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

IF YOU SAW 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 3265 8410 3267 8409 3267 8412 3270 8418
      3284 8412 3285 8390 3275 8383 3269 8375
      3263 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 254DEG 54KT 3280 8370

$$

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, 9:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Talbot39 min
Feb 26, 9:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones, Monroe46 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.