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Tornado Warning 110, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 26, 2008Jasper County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 8:36 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 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, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 6:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2008-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 740 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 00:00Z on 2008-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 270036
TORFFC
GAC159-211-237-270115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0110.080827T0036Z-080827T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GODFREY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  EATONTON.

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 3358 8334 3336 8322 3323 8363 3339 8372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 241DEG 24KT 3334 8359

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KFFC 270059
SVSFFC

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

GAC159-270109-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-080827T0115Z/
JASPER GA-
859 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF JASPER COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

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 3326 8353 3332 8353 3333 8353 3343 8353
      3346 8357 3347 8357 3358 8334 3336 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 241DEG 24KT 3341 8344

$$

GAC211-237-270115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0110.000000T0000Z-080827T0115Z/
PUTNAM GA-MORGAN GA-
859 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...

AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REIDS CROSSROADS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RUDDEN...PHOENIX AND BUCKHEAD.

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 3326 8353 3332 8353 3333 8353 3343 8353
      3346 8357 3347 8357 3358 8334 3336 8322
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 241DEG 24KT 3341 8344

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCWilkes8 min
Aug 26, 11:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningFFCGwinnett16 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.