Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 5:57 AM EDT for 7 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 15, 2008, 5:57 AM EDT (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:00 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Palmetto, GA | LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. |
| Mar 15, 6:30 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Conley, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 733 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 150957
SVRFFC
GAC063-077-089-097-113-121-151-151030-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0073.080315T0957Z-080315T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
557 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTH CENTRAL COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 AM EDT
* AT 554 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PALMETTO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TYRONE...FAIRBURN...SANDY CREEK...UNION CITY...FAYETTEVILLE...EAST
POINT...COLLEGE PARK...KENWOOD...ATLANTA HARTSFIELD-JACKSON
AIRPORT...RIVERDALE...HAPEVILLE...IRONDALE...JONESBORO...
FOREST PARK...MORROW...LAKE CITY...LOVEJOY...CONLEY...GRESHAM
PARK...PANTHERSVILLE...STOCKBRIDGE..AND MCDONOUGH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
SATURDAY 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 3344 8476 3368 8477 3376 8418 3365 8415
3364 8417 3362 8417 3358 8415 3356 8413
3344 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 263DEG 55KT 3355 8464
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Paulding | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 55 min |
| Mar 14, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 37 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 6:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 6:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 13 min |
| Mar 15, 11:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 79 min |
| Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 62 min |
| Mar 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 18 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.