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Tornado Warning 112, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2008, 4:10 AM EST for Bibb County, Houston County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 14, 2008, 4:10 AM EST (09:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2008, 4:40 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 140910
TORFFC
GAC021-153-225-141000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0112.081114T0910Z-081114T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
410 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTH CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 500 AM EST
* AT 407 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BYRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MACON...CROSS KEYS AND DRY BRANCH.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.
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 3256 8372 3264 8384 3269 8376 3269 8374
3274 8383 3291 8368 3288 8365 3287 8356
3284 8351 3281 8348 3272 8359 3267 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0909Z 230DEG 46KT 3273 8367
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 140940
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
440 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2008
GAC021-153-225-140949-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-081114T1000Z/
HOUSTON GA-PEACH GA-BIBB GA-
439 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BIBB...NORTHEASTERN PEACH AND NORTH
CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3256 8372 3264 8384 3269 8376 3269 8374
3274 8383 3291 8368 3288 8365 3287 8356
3284 8351 3281 8348 3272 8359 3267 8360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0939Z 230DEG 46KT 3297 8332
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 10:20 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 58 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 27 min |
| Nov 14, 5:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 15 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.