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Tornado Warning 107, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 26, 2008Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 6:24 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2008, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2008, 7:02 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 6:40 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 E Gray, GAREPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD ON HWY 22 JUST EAST OF GRAY. RELAYED BY WMAZ.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 825 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
13.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 262224
TORFFC
GAC009-169-262315-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0107.080826T2224Z-080826T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
624 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAY
  AND BLOUNTSVILLE.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN 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 3285 8353 3287 8356 3287 8357 3287 8358
      3288 8359 3288 8362 3294 8369 3318 8342
      3300 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 229DEG 22KT 3291 8359

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 262238
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
638 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

GAC009-169-262315-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0107.000000T0000Z-080826T2315Z/
JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-
637 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
BALDWIN AND EASTERN JONES COUNTIES...

AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLINTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
JAMES...BRADLEY...HADDOCK...BLOUNTSVILLE AND BROWNS CROSSING. THE 
TORNADO WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 18 BETWEEN GRAY AND JAMES...AND WILL PASS 
VERY NEAR OR OVER THE TOWN OF HADDOCK. IF YOU ARE IN THESE 
AREAS...TAKE COVER NOW

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3287 8349 3299 8363 3301 8360 3303 8359
      3303 8358 3304 8358 3318 8342 3300 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 227DEG 24KT 3298 8351

$$
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 262302
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
702 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

GAC009-169-262312-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0107.000000T0000Z-080826T2315Z/
JONES GA-BALDWIN GA-
702 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BALDWIN AND EASTERN JONES COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED 
AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND THUS SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER 
EXPECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN 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 3287 8349 3299 8363 3301 8360 3303 8359
      3303 8358 3304 8358 3318 8342 3300 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 227DEG 24KT 3309 8336

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 10:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes30 min
Aug 25, 11:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes52 min
Aug 25, 11:56 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs49 min
Aug 26, 12:01 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton44 min
Aug 26, 8:09 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton36 min
Aug 26, 9:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCCobb4 hr
Aug 26, 9:31 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor, Upson44 min
Aug 26, 9:59 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar22 min
Aug 26, 11:34 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe41 min
Aug 26, 12:04 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Jones41 min
Aug 26, 12:28 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp47 min
Aug 26, 12:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLumpkin, White6 hr
Aug 26, 12:40 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam50 min
Aug 26, 1:16 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOconee, Walton29 min
Aug 26, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Jackson, Madison30 min
Aug 26, 1:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCTowns6 hr
Aug 26, 2:01 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe29 min
Aug 26, 2:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCBanks, Jackson6 hr
Aug 26, 3:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale6 hr
Aug 26, 3:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton6 hr
Aug 26, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall, White41 min
Aug 26, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBarrow, Jackson37 min
Aug 26, 4:10 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDooly, Houston, Macon, Peach50 min
Aug 26, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Jackson24 min
Aug 26, 4:55 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe50 min
Aug 26, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes58 min
Aug 26, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Hall37 min
Aug 26, 6:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCLumpkin, White6 hr
Aug 26, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes15 min
Aug 26, 7:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningFFCHall6 hr
Aug 26, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHancock, Taliaferro, Warren44 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.