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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 15, 20084 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 2:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 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: Mar 15, 2008, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dawson County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Mar 15, 11:02 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 459 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 151843
SVRFFC
GAC085-123-129-227-151930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0088.080315T1843Z-080315T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
243 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 239 PM 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 OAKMAN...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HINTON...WHITESTONE...TALONA...JASPER...ELLIJAY...AMICALOLA FALLS
  STATE PARK...MARION AND PISGAH.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3440 8478 3461 8484 3462 8472 3460 8472
      3459 8471 3458 8466 3467 8465 3475 8428
      3451 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 255DEG 50KT 3453 8467

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 151917
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
317 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAC129-151927-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080315T1930Z/
GORDON GA-
317 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

.

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF GORDON COUNTY. 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3451 8419 3442 8465 3446 8465 3447 8464
      3448 8465 3458 8466 3467 8465 3475 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 255DEG 50KT 3465 8412

$$

GAC085-123-227-151930-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080315T1930Z/
PICKENS GA-DAWSON GA-GILMER GA-
317 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN GILMER...NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND NORTHERN PICKENS
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
MARION...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3451 8419 3442 8465 3446 8465 3447 8464
      3448 8465 3458 8466 3467 8465 3475 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 255DEG 50KT 3465 8412

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 151925
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAC123-151935-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080315T1930Z/
GILMER GA-
325 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3451 8419 3442 8465 3447 8464 3455 8466
      3456 8447 3454 8446 3454 8437 3457 8433
      3456 8426 3459 8424 3459 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 255DEG 50KT 3468 8399

$$

GAC085-227-151930-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080315T1930Z/
PICKENS GA-DAWSON GA-
325 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DAWSON AND NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTIES...

AT 320 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3451 8419 3442 8465 3447 8464 3455 8466
      3456 8447 3454 8446 3454 8437 3457 8433
      3456 8426 3459 8424 3459 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 255DEG 50KT 3468 8399

$$

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 Mar 15, 10:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 10:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1048 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

.UPDATE...

ANTICIPATING SPC TO ISSUE A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF GA BY
NOON. DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT TIMING OF THE WATCH AT THIS TIME.
WILL UPDATE ZONES AND OTHER FORECASTS AT THE TIME OF WATCH
ISSUANCE.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
PRIMARY CONCERN IS EXTENT...MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF SEVERE
WEATHER TODAY. COMPLEX OF STORMS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER
WESTCENTRAL AL MOVING QUICKLY EAST. LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION PUTS
COMPLEX INTO WRN GA BETWEEN 5 AND 6AM. EXPECT STORMS TO PROGRESS
EAST WHILE ONLY WEAKENING IN INTENSITY SLIGHTLY. PRIMARY THREAT
THIS MORNING WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. AFTER LINE OF STORMS MOVES
EAST ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO SANDERSVILLE LINE...DRY
SLOT SHOULD PUSH INTO SRN PART OF CWA FROM THE WEST WITH TEMPS
WARMING INTO THE 70S AND LOW 80S IN SW ZONES. BIG QUESTION IS
WHERE WILL WARM FRONT SET UP AND HOW WILL STORM COMPLEX AFFECT
ENVIRONMENT. INITIAL THOUGHTS ARE THAT STORM COMPLEX WILL ENHANCE
COLD POOL NORTH OF WARM FRONT AND WARM FRONT MAY BE A LITTLE
FURTHER SOUTH AND LINGER IN CWA LONGER THAN MODELS INDICATING.
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS SHOULD DEVELOP IN WARM SECTOR SOUTH OF WARM
FRONT AND ANY CELLS WHICH APPROACH BOUNDARY WILL HAVE AMPLE
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR FOR STRONG MESOCYCLONES AND TORNADOES.
INSTABILITY IN THE WARM SECTOR MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS
.MLCAPE STILL PROGGED BY GFS AND WRF AROUND 1300-1800 J/KG. EVEN
IN WARM SECTOR WITH SW SFC WINDS...GFS PROGS 0-1KM SRH OF 125-200
M2/S2...SUFFICIENT IN ITSELF FOR SUPERCELLS. ANY BAROCLINIC
ZONES/BOUNDARIES WILL JUST ENHANCE THIS. IF SFC LOW DEEPENS MORE
THAN PROGGED IN THE AFTERNOON...ISOALLOBARIC FORCING WILL ALSO
BACK SFC WINDS FURTHER ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL HELICITY. ONLY
HOPES FOR REDUCING THREAT OF SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES WOULD BE IF
COMPLEX BECOMES LARGER AND STRONGER THAN EXPECTED OR SLOWS DOWN
.STABILIZING MUCH OF CWA FOR MOST OF THE DAY. ANOTHER HOPE IS
THAT MIXING IN WARM SECTOR WILL BE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED AND VEER
SFC WINDS TO SW OR W... MINIMIZING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AND
CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. WILL NEED TO MONITOR EVOLUTION OF
STORMS AND MESOSCALE ENVIRONMENT CLOSELY.

SYSTEM WILL PUSH OUT QUICKLY TONIGHT...ENDING BY 00Z IN SW 1/2 AND
06Z IN NE 1/2. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. NO
SIGNIFICANT COOLING EXPECTED AS GENERAL PATTERN REMAINS ZONAL
THROUGH MONDAY WHEN HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER LOW DEVELOPS OVER SW
U.S.

LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
UPPER LOW PROGGED BY GFS AND ECMWF TO MOVE INTO THE SRN PLAINS
TUES AND MS VALLEY WED...HOWEVER GFS KEEPS SYSTEM MUCH MORE
INTENSE THAN ECMWF. SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA ON WED SO
HAVE KEPT THIS GOING. INITIAL PROGS SHOW LIMITED INSTABILITY WITH
THIS SYSTEM...LETS HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

SNELSON

AVIATION...
LOOKS LIKE A RATHER ACTIVE AVIATION WEATHER DAY ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AL WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE ATL AREA BY 10-12Z. MOSTLY LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THEY SHOULD BE EAST OF THE TAF
SITES BY 14-16Z. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SHOT OF THUNDERSTORMS AS
CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
WINDS THIS MORNING MAINLY OUT OF THE SE AND VERY LIGHT BUT LOOKING
FOR WINDS TO INCREASE LATER TODAY OUT OF THE SW 06-12KT. WITH VERY
LIGHT TO CALM WINDS THIS MORNING FOG HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA.
IT IS TAKING VSBYS DOWN TO 1SM OR EVEN LOWER BUT WITH THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING IN SHOULD SEE FOG DISSIPATE SHORTLY. LOW CEILINGS THIS
MORNING WITH FOG BUT THINGS SHOULD IMPROVE BY DAYBREAK WITH
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN BUT STILL LOOKING FOR CEILINGS IN THE 2000
TO 3000FT RANGE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          66  46  71  40  66 /  60  30   0   5   5
ATLANTA         69  44  68  42  67 /  60  20   0   5   5
BLAIRSVILLE     62  38  63  37  62 /  80  30   0   5   5
CARTERSVILLE    68  44  65  37  68 /  70  20   0   5   5
COLUMBUS        79  51  74  45  74 /  30  10   0   5   5
GAINESVILLE     62  46  67  40  65 /  70  30   0   5   5
MACON           78  47  76  41  70 /  30  20   0   5   5
ROME            70  44  65  39  68 /  70  20   0   5   5
PEACHTREE CITY  73  46  69  38  68 /  50  10   0   5   5
VIDALIA         76  49  75  41  69 /  20  20   0   5   5

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

01

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 12:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1219 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-161230-
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-
1219 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

.SYNOPSIS...
A COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVED FROM EASTERN ALABAMA THIS MORNING...AND
WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AT MID DAY. THESE STORMS WERE ASSOCIATED
WITH AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. .

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. THE BEST PLACE FOR SEVERE STORMS TO
DEVELOP WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON LINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DISCUSSION...
A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO
VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WARM AIR WAS SURGING NORTHWARD INTO
THIS SYSTEM. ALSO...THERE WAS STRONG WIND SHEAR THROUGH THE
ATMOSPHERE WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LIFTED
INDEX AND CAPE VALUES FAVORED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS
ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER
THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:55 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0138 PM     TORNADO          3 N CUMMING             34.25N 84.14W
03/15/2008                   FORSYTH            GA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A TORNADO WAS REPORTED CROSSING GA 400 NORTH OF CUMMING.

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:06 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
206 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0139 PM     HAIL             5 S LINDALE             34.12N 85.18W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       FLOYD              GA   AMATEUR RADIO

0145 PM     HAIL             GAINESVILLE             34.29N 83.83W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       HALL               GA   PUBLIC

0130 PM     HAIL             2 S DAWSONVILLE         34.39N 84.12W
03/15/2008  E1.75 INCH       DAWSON             GA   PUBLIC

0130 PM     HAIL             BALL GROUND             34.34N 84.38W
03/15/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHEROKEE           GA   PUBLIC

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:13 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
213 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0200 PM     HAIL             CUMMING                 34.21N 84.14W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       FORSYTH            GA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0200 PM     HAIL             GAINESVILLE             34.29N 83.83W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       HALL               GA   PUBLIC

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:23 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
223 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

1224 PM     TORNADO          3 NW ARAGON             34.08N 85.09W
03/15/2008                   POLK               GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 1 FATAL, 1 INJ *** ONE FATALITY AND ONE SERIOUS
            INJURY OCCURRED BETWEEN LIVE OAK AND YARBOROUGH ROADS
            WHEN A HOME WAS DESTROYED.

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:27 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
227 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0220 PM     HAIL             2 SW CANTON             34.23N 84.51W
03/15/2008  E1.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MGRIESIN

Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:41 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
241 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

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

0158 PM     TORNADO          3 S GAINESVILLE         34.25N 83.83W
03/15/2008                   HALL               GA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE
            SOUTH SIDE OF GAINESVILLE. DAMAGE REPORTS ARE STILL
            COMING IN.

0225 PM     TORNADO          6 SSE HOMER             34.25N 83.46W
03/15/2008                   BANKS              GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR INTERSTATE 85 NEAR EXIT 149.

&&

MGRIESIN

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, 5:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more	33 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	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 Emergency	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.