Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2008, 10:00 AM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 6, 2008, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 10:37 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Columbus, GA | 911 CENTER REPORTED THREE TREES AND ONE POWERLINE DOWN IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 8:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 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 061500
SVRFFC
GAC053-215-061545-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0009.080206T1500Z-080206T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1045 AM EST
* AT 858 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF FORT BENNING...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT
BENNING SOUTH...COLUMBUS...CUSSETA AND MANTA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3231 8498 3234 8501 3237 8498 3253 8500
3259 8473 3258 8470 3255 8467 3253 8468
3252 8463 3250 8463 3248 8466 3227 8465
3227 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1500Z 258DEG 42KT 3241 8514
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 061516
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1013 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
GAC053-215-061545-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080206T1545Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
1013 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EST
FOR MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES...
AT 1011 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM NEAR MIDLAND TO EAST COLUMBUS TO FORT BENNING...AND MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CUSSETA
AND MANTA.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3231 8498 3234 8501 3237 8498 3253 8500
3259 8473 3258 8470 3255 8467 3253 8468
3252 8463 3250 8463 3248 8466 3227 8465
3227 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 252DEG 53KT 3257 8482 3249 8484
3238 8497
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 061537
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1035 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
GAC053-215-061544-
/O.CAN.KFFC.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080206T1545Z/
CHATTAHOOCHEE GA-MUSCOGEE GA-
1035 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTIES.
THEREFORE...SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE STORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3231 8498 3234 8501 3237 8498 3253 8500
3259 8473 3258 8470 3255 8467 3253 8468
3252 8463 3250 8463 3248 8466 3227 8465
3227 8491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 065DEG 11KT 3260 8469 3253 8467
3242 8477
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 6:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 14 min |
| Feb 6, 8:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 8:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Murray | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 11:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oglethorpe | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Treutlen | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 2:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 19 min |
Nearby
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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.