Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2008, 5:23 PM EST for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 15 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, 5:23 PM EST (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2008, 5:38 PM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pulaski County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 142223
TORFFC
GAC235-142300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0113.081114T2223Z-081114T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
523 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 521 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HAWKINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WALLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 3233 8344 3219 8334 3213 8354 3215 8359
3221 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 234DEG 19KT 3218 8354
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 142238
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
538 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008
GAC235-142246-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-081114T2300Z/
PULASKI GA-
538 PM EST FRI NOV 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PULASKI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE ONCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO BE PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME.
AT 538 PM EST... THE ONCE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL
PULASKI COUNTY...EAST OF WALLACE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3233 8344 3219 8334 3213 8354 3215 8359
3221 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 227DEG 23KT 3225 8344
$$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, 4:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Peach | 30 min |
| Nov 14, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Sumter | 27 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.