Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 552, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 2:42 PM EDT for Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 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 7, 2008, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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 7, 2:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 E Warner Robins, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 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 071842
SVRFFC
GAC153-289-071930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0552.080807T1842Z-080807T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
242 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 240 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 WARNER
ROBINS...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BONAIRE...ROBINS AFB AND JEFFERSONVILLE.
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 3255 8366 3266 8369 3267 8363 3266 8363
3266 8359 3267 8360 3272 8331 3254 8332
3249 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 272DEG 10KT 3261 8361
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 071905
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
GAC153-071914-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0552.000000T0000Z-080807T1930Z/
HOUSTON GA-
304 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDESTORM HAS EXITED HOUSTON COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...CALL
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3252 8354 3257 8354 3258 8353 3262 8354
3265 8356 3265 8358 3267 8360 3272 8331
3258 8332 3255 8331 3249 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 275DEG 24KT 3258 8342
$$
GAC289-071930-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0552.000000T0000Z-080807T1930Z/
TWIGGS GA-
304 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY...
AT 301 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 NEAR
TARVERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JEFFERSONVILLE.
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 3252 8354 3257 8354 3258 8353 3262 8354
3265 8356 3265 8358 3267 8360 3272 8331
3258 8332 3255 8331 3249 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 275DEG 24KT 3258 8342
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 071925
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
GAC289-071934-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0552.000000T0000Z-080807T1930Z/
TWIGGS GA-
324 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 330 PM EDT...
AT 319 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD
WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. ALSO...THIS STORM WILL EXIT
EXTREME EASTERN TWIGGS COUNTY BY 330 PM. THUS...THE WARNING IS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3252 8354 3257 8354 3258 8353 3262 8354
3265 8356 3265 8358 3267 8360 3272 8331
3258 8332 3255 8331 3249 8341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 275DEG 24KT 3256 8326
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Spalding | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Wilkinson | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.