Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 3:48 PM EDT for Murray County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Murray County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Cisco, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 021949
SVRFFC
GAC213-022030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0511.080802T1948Z-080802T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
348 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREGORY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CRANDALL.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3500 8462 3484 8462 3482 8459 3478 8461
3477 8464 3490 8483 3492 8484 3495 8483
3500 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 304DEG 12KT 3498 8475
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 022004
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
404 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
GAC213-022030-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0511.000000T0000Z-080802T2030Z/
MURRAY GA-
404 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY...
AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CISCO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CRANDALL.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3500 8462 3484 8462 3482 8459 3478 8461
3477 8464 3490 8483 3492 8484 3495 8483
3500 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 321DEG 16KT 3492 8469
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 022024
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
422 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
GAC213-022032-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0511.000000T0000Z-080802T2030Z/
MURRAY GA-
422 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 430 PM EDT...
AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED EAST
OF CRANDALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE COHUTTA WILDERNESS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3500 8462 3484 8462 3482 8459 3478 8461
3477 8464 3490 8483 3492 8484 3495 8483
3500 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 321DEG 16KT 3486 8463
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Rockdale | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 49 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.