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Tornado Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 14, 2008Pulaski County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2008-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 10:20 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 58 more11 hr
Nov 14, 4:10 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Peach30 min
Nov 14, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Dooly, Sumter27 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.