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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 26, 20084 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2008, 10:55 AM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 65 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, 10:55 AM EST (15:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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, 11:10 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGRentz, GAONE MOBILE HOME DAMAGED, ONE HOUSE DAMAGED WITH THE CARPORT RIPPED OFF NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JJ CLUB ROAD AND DAVID MULLIS ROAD.

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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 261555
SVRFFC
GAC107-167-175-283-261700-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0045.080226T1555Z-080226T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1055 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL NOON EST

* AT 1053 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WRIGHTSVILLE TO EAST DUBLIN TO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SCOTT...BLUNDALE...MINTER...ADRIAN...MODOC...LOTHAIR...
  SWAINSBORO...SOPERTON...COVENA...LEXSY...GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK
  AND STILLMORE.

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 3250 8216 3234 8224 3235 8244 3233 8250
      3231 8307 3252 8320 3278 8274 3282 8254
      3276 8245 3282 8233 3280 8213 3267 8208
      3259 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 275DEG 48KT 3269 8262 3258 8283
          3247 8303

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 261622
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1122 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

GAC107-167-175-283-261700-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080226T1700Z/
TREUTLEN GA-LAURENS GA-JOHNSON GA-EMANUEL GA-
1122 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FOR
EMANUEL...SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHERN LAURENS AND TREUTLEN
COUNTIES...

AT 1121 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARFIELD TO COVENA TO LOWERY...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TWIN
CITY...LOTHAIR...NUNEZ...SOPERTON...GEORGE L. SMITH STATE PARK...
LEXSY...ZAIDEE...STILLMORE AND OAK PARK.

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 3250 8216 3234 8224 3235 8244 3233 8250
      3231 8307 3238 8310 3265 8269 3279 8229
      3280 8213 3267 8208 3259 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 275DEG 45KT 3266 8208 3252 8241
          3238 8277

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 261648
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1146 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

GAC167-261656-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080226T1700Z/
JOHNSON GA-
1146 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1139 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD EXITED JOHNSON COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

IF YOU OBSERVED 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 3250 8216 3234 8224 3235 8244 3233 8250
      3232 8296 3245 8279 3252 8263 3253 8258
      3254 8258 3274 8211 3259 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 264DEG 60KT 3263 8193 3252 8214
          3244 8239

$$

GAC107-175-283-261700-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080226T1700Z/
TREUTLEN GA-LAURENS GA-EMANUEL GA-
1146 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FOR
EMANUEL...EAST CENTRAL LAURENS AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES...

AT 1139 AM 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 GARFIELD TO LEXSY TO ZAIDEE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
PARK AND STILLMORE.

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 3250 8216 3234 8224 3235 8244 3233 8250
      3232 8296 3245 8279 3252 8263 3253 8258
      3254 8258 3274 8211 3259 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 264DEG 60KT 3263 8193 3252 8214
          3244 8239

$$

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, 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, 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.