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Tornado Warning 109, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 7:31 PM EDT for Hancock County, Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 26, 2008, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hancock County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KFFC 262331 TORFFC GAC141-265-301-270015- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0109.080826T2331Z-080827T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 731 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WEST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SHOULDERBONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPARTA AND POWELTON. 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 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 3324 8304 3336 8315 3360 8283 3342 8268 TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 230DEG 27KT 3332 8305 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 262345 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 745 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 GAC141-265-301-270015- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-080827T0015Z/ HANCOCK GA-WARREN GA-TALIAFERRO GA- 742 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN TALIAFERRO...WEST CENTRAL WARREN AND NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF SHOULDERBONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POWELTON AND SPRINGFIELD. THE TORNADO WILL PASS OVER HIGHWAY 15 EAST OF SHOULDERBONE...AND HIGHWAY 22 NEAR POWELTON. IT WILL ALSO CROSS OVER INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTHERN TALIAFERRO AND NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3324 8304 3336 8315 3360 8283 3342 8268 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 230DEG 27KT 3337 8297 $$
000
WWUS52 KFFC 270006
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
806 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
GAC141-265-301-270015-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-080827T0015Z/
HANCOCK GA-WARREN GA-TALIAFERRO GA-
805 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
TALIAFERRO...WEST CENTRAL WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES...
AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POWELTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL CROSS OVER INTERSTATE 20 IN SOUTHERN TALIAFERRO AND
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES NEAR THE TOWN OF BARNETT. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...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 3339 8283 3348 8299 3349 8297 3353 8291
3354 8291 3360 8283 3344 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 227DEG 27KT 3347 8284
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 12:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 8:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 9:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 9:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 11:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 12:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 12:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 1:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 58 min |
| Aug 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 15 min |
| Aug 26, 7:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Hall | 6 hr |
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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.