Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 554, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 2:47 PM EDT for Crisp County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2008, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crisp County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2910 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 071847
SVRFFC
GAC081-315-071930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0554.080807T1847Z-080807T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
247 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HATLEY...
MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ROCHELLE...BROWNING AND ABBEVILLE.
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 3186 8373 3199 8367 3202 8329 3195 8327
3195 8324 3193 8321 3188 8321 3187 8318
3184 8320 3183 8324 3184 8353 3185 8360
3182 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 275DEG 20KT 3189 8362
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 071913
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
313 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
GAC081-071923-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0554.000000T0000Z-080807T1930Z/
CRISP GA-
313 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED CRISP COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3185 8360 3199 8361 3201 8336 3201 8330
3195 8327 3195 8324 3193 8323 3192 8321
3188 8321 3187 8318 3184 8320 3183 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 281DEG 20KT 3192 8347
$$
GAC315-071930-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0554.000000T0000Z-080807T1930Z/
WILCOX GA-
313 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY...
AT 310 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
ROCHELLE...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OWENSBORO...BROWNING AND ABBEVILLE.
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 3185 8360 3199 8361 3201 8336 3201 8330
3195 8327 3195 8324 3193 8323 3192 8321
3188 8321 3187 8318 3184 8320 3183 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 281DEG 20KT 3192 8347
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 071928
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
328 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
GAC315-071937-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0554.000000T0000Z-080807T1930Z/
WILCOX GA-
327 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 330 PM EDT...
AT 323 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED
AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. THUS...THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...CALL
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3185 8360 3199 8361 3201 8336 3201 8330
3195 8327 3195 8324 3193 8323 3192 8321
3188 8321 3187 8318 3184 8320 3183 8330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 281DEG 20KT 3190 8338
$$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, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 38 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.