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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 556, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 7, 2008Clayton County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT for Clayton County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clayton County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 7, 3:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Atlanta, GA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. TWO HOUSES DAMAGED BY TREES ON ADELLA STREET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 30 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 7, 11:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 071900
SVRFFC
GAC063-089-121-071945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0556.080807T1900Z-080807T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 257 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
  HAPEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH
  DECATUR...DECATUR...TUCKER...SCOTTDALE...CLARKSTON...AVONDALE
  ESTATES...GRESHAM PARK...BELVEDERE PARK...CANDLER-MCAFEE...FOREST
  PARK...CONLEY...PANTHERSVILLE...PINE LAKE...LAKE CITY...STONE
  MOUNTAIN...MORROW...REDAN AND LITHONIA.

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 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING 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 3381 8449 3384 8445 3390 8443 3386 8416
      3375 8403 3362 8412 3364 8414 3365 8422
      3364 8423 3365 8428 3359 8424 3355 8428
      3349 8428 3367 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 304DEG 25KT 3369 8441

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 071916 RRA
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
316 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAC063-089-121-071945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0556.000000T0000Z-080807T1945Z/
CLAYTON GA-DEKALB GA-FULTON GA-
316 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL FULTON...DEKALB AND NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTIES...

AT 311 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
CONLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REDAN
AND LITHONIA.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...EXCESSIVE 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 600 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING 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 3381 8449 3384 8445 3390 8443 3386 8416
      3375 8403 3362 8412 3364 8414 3365 8422
      3364 8423 3365 8428 3359 8424 3355 8428
      3349 8428 3367 8456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 304DEG 25KT 3363 8430

$$


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000 
WWUS52 KFFC 071932
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
332 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAC063-121-071941-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0556.000000T0000Z-080807T1945Z/
CLAYTON GA-FULTON GA-
331 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON AND NORTHERN
CLAYTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES HAS 
MOVED EAST INTO SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL 
BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING.

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 3385 8415 3379 8409 3375 8403 3372 8406
      3362 8412 3364 8414 3365 8422 3364 8423
      3365 8427 3365 8434 3389 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 304DEG 25KT 3357 8420

$$

GAC089-071945-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0556.000000T0000Z-080807T1945Z/
DEKALB GA-
331 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR DEKALB COUNTY...

AT 329 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 
SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BETWEEN CANDLER-MCAFEE AND REDAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT 
THURSDAY EVENING 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 3385 8415 3379 8409 3375 8403 3372 8406
      3362 8412 3364 8414 3365 8422 3364 8423
      3365 8427 3365 8434 3389 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 304DEG 25KT 3357 8420

$$


19

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 071943
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
343 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAC089-071952-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0556.000000T0000Z-080807T1945Z/
DEKALB GA-
342 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DEKALB COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345
PM EDT...

AT 338 PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT EARLIER PROMPTED THE WARNING 
FOR DEKALB COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER DETECTED TO BE 
SEVERE.  HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL 
CONTINUE NEAR REDAN AND LITHONIA FOR THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

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 3385 8415 3379 8409 3375 8403 3372 8406
      3362 8412 3364 8414 3365 8422 3364 8423
      3365 8427 3365 8434 3389 8434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 304DEG 25KT 3353 8412

$$


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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 7, 11:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 11:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1155 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

.UPDATE...
SENT QUICK UPDATE TO THE FORECAST TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
TO THE ZONES. MADE ONLY MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE POP GRIDS TO
BOOST POPS SLIGHTLY IN THE NORTH IN LIGHT OF APPROACHING
CONVECTIVE CLUSTER FROM THE NORTHWEST.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 535 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
UPPER RIDGE WEAKENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TODAY AS NORTHEAST
STATES TROUGH BEGINS TO DEEPEN. AS A RESULT...SURFACE BOUNDARY TO
OUR NORTH WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH
PERSISTENT LEE SIDE TROUGH SHOULD HELP TRIGGER SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CWA WILL BE
ON SOUTHERN FRINGE OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT...AND A FEW STORMS COULD
REACH SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
LOWERING HEIGHTS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SHOULD PUSH THE FRONT
THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA BY FRIDAY MORNING...AND INTO CENTRAL ZONES
DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR WORKING ITS WAY INTO NORTHERN
ZONES FRIDAY MORNING...BUT HAVE CONTINUED POPS ACROSS CENTRAL
THROUGH THE DAY IN CASE THE BOUNDARY STALLS FOR A WHILE IN THAT
AREA. THE CWA SHOULD BE DRY AND NOT AS HOT ON SATURDAY. WILL LET
HEAT ADVISORY DIE AT 8 AM THIS MORNING. AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS
AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HELP HEAT INDEX VALUES
THIS AFTERNOON REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW DOMINATING THE STATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HAVE
CONTINUED A DRY FORECAST UNTIL MONDAY. BY THAT TIME...A DEVELOPING
SHORT WAVE IN THE UPPER MID WEST SHOULD BRING MOISTURE BACK INTO
THE CWA. AS THIS WAVE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY...CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF
THE SURFACE FRONT THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.

AVIATION /8AM THURSDAY THROUGH 8AM FRIDAY/...
SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS WITH GENERALLY NO RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITIES
AT THIS TIME. MEAN WIND SURFACE TO 500MB IS WEST AROUND 10KTS.
EXPECT AFOREMENTIONED APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND SURFACE TROUGH TO
DEVELOP TSTMS AS EARLY AS 2PM AND CONTINUE TO 10 PM OVER AND NEAR
THE TAF SITES. A COMPROMISE ON TIMING OF THE TSTMS DEVELOPMENT
BETWEEN THE GFS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND THE NAM TOWARD EVENING
WAS USED. MVFR CEILINGS AND IFR VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
TSTMS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          97  68  90  65  89 /  30  50  20   5   5
ATLANTA         92  70  89  67  86 /  40  50  20   5   5
BLAIRSVILLE     87  61  86  59  84 /  60  50  10  10  10
CARTERSVILLE    89  64  89  60  88 /  50  50  10  10   5
COLUMBUS        97  74  91  69  93 /  30  50  50   5   5
GAINESVILLE     91  68  88  65  85 /  50  50  10  10  10
MACON           99  73  92  65  92 /  30  50  40   5   5
ROME            92  67  91  61  90 /  60  50  10  10   5
PEACHTREE CITY  92  68  88  60  88 /  30  50  20   5   5
VIDALIA         98  73  90  67  92 /  30  50  60  10   5

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA UNTIL 6PM.

&&

07

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1130 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-081030-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1130 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH TENNESSEE WILL MOVE SOUTH AND BECOME
STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA BY FRIDAY MORNING.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LARGE HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER
...MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL ALSO BE
LIKELY.

.DISCUSSION...
THE AIRMASS OVER GEORGIA REMAINS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. LIFTED INDICES
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL RANGE FROM
MINUS 5 TO MINUS 7 AND CAPES WILL RANGE FROM 2500 TO 4000. WINDS
ALOFT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL BE MODERATELY STRONG FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR...AND WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED AND
ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH GEORGIA MONDAY AND ALL OF GEORGIA TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:19 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
219 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAZ105>107-071900-
219 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN
CRISP...PULASKI AND DOOLY COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM UNADILLA TO CONEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS CRISP...PULASKI AND DOOLY COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE RAINES...GEORGIA
VETERANS STATE PARK...CONEY...UNADILLA...PINEHURST...VIENNA...
CORDELE...WENONA...BROWNDALE...TIPPETTVILLE...TREMONT...HAWKINSVILLE.
..WALLACE...HATLEY AND FINLEYSON.

Local storm report, Aug 7, 2:26 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
226 PM EDT THU AUG 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E CEDARTOWN           34.02N 85.24W
08/07/2008                   POLK               GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO A BARN LOCATED OFF OF HUTTO
            ROAD...NEAR HWY 278 AND LINDSEY CHAPPEL RD.

&&

BG

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
230 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAZ086-112-113-071900-
230 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN
TOOMBS...MONTGOMERY AND EMANUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF NORMANTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 18
MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
TOOMBS...MONTGOMERY AND EMANUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT. SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE NORMANTOWN...OAK
PARK...LYONS AND OHOOPEE.

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
239 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

GAZ013-021-071915-
239 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IN NORTHERN
CHEROKEE AND PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN HINTON...WALESKA...AND CANTON...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA
SHOULD STAY INDOORS. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES SHOULD NOT
BE USED UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS UP TO 57 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF PENNIES...OR
SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.

Local storm report, Aug 7, 2:46 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
246 PM EDT THU AUG 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     HAIL             4 NE WALESKA            34.36N 84.50W
08/07/2008  E1.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BG

Local storm report, Aug 7, 2:51 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
251 PM EDT THU AUG 07 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E WALESKA             34.32N 84.46W
08/07/2008                   CHEROKEE           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD.

&&

BG

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, 2:47 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, 3:04 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

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2008 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.