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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 15, 20084 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 2:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 151844
SVRFFC
GAC015-057-129-227-151930-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0089.080315T1845Z-080315T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 243 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
  ADAIRSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FOLSOM...PINE LOG...FUNKHOUSER...FAIRMOUNT...HINTON...JASPER AND
  TATE.

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 3435 8435 3423 8503 3427 8503 3428 8502
      3434 8502 3435 8501 3440 8501 3440 8508
      3453 8442
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 255DEG 50KT 3435 8490

$$

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	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, 2:47 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.