Severe Thunderstorm Warning 522, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Aug 2, 2008, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2008, 6:34 PM EDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Gilmer County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS52 KFFC 022210
SVRFFC
GAC123-022300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0522.080802T2209Z-080802T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 606 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 5 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF ELLIJAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MARION...TALONA AND WHITESTONE.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHERN 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 3485 8451 3462 8420 3459 8425 3457 8425
      3456 8430 3458 8433 3454 8437 3454 8446
      3456 8447 3455 8448 3456 8452 3455 8464
      3477 8464 3486 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 352DEG 16KT 3473 8454

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 022234
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
633 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008

GAC123-022243-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0522.000000T0000Z-080802T2300Z/
GILMER GA-
633 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GILMER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR GILMER COUNTY 
HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER DETECTED BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN 
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 3485 8451 3462 8420 3459 8425 3457 8425
      3456 8430 3458 8433 3454 8437 3454 8446
      3456 8447 3455 8448 3456 8452 3455 8464
      3477 8464 3486 8455
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 352DEG 16KT 3462 8452

$$


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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.