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Tornado Warning 116, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2008, 5:30 PM EST for Emanuel County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Dec 10, 2008, 5:30 PM EST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 5:58 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 102230
TORFFC
GAC107-283-102300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0116.081210T2230Z-081210T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 524 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SOPERTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COVENA...LEXSY AND STILLMORE.
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.
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 3241 8219 3238 8222 3232 8236 3233 8238
3235 8240 3235 8242 3231 8261 3239 8267
3260 8228 3244 8217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 241DEG 23KT 3236 8252
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 102251
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
551 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
GAC283-102259-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0116.000000T0000Z-081210T2300Z/
TREUTLEN GA-
549 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TREUTLEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE COUNTY.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3238 8222 3232 8236 3235 8241 3239 8239
3243 8239 3245 8240 3249 8249 3260 8228
3245 8218 3243 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 231DEG 23KT 3245 8241
$$
GAC107-102300-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0116.000000T0000Z-081210T2300Z/
EMANUEL GA-
549 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
EMANUEL COUNTY...
AT 547 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COVENA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NUNEZ...LEXSY AND STILLMORE.
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 FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 3238 8222 3232 8236 3235 8241 3239 8239
3243 8239 3245 8240 3249 8249 3260 8228
3245 8218 3243 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 231DEG 23KT 3245 8241
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 102258
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
558 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
GAC107-102308-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0116.000000T0000Z-081210T2300Z/
EMANUEL GA-
558 PM EST WED DEC 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3238 8222 3232 8236 3235 8241 3239 8239
3243 8239 3245 8240 3249 8249 3260 8228
3245 8218 3243 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 231DEG 24KT 3249 8235
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 38 min |
| Dec 10, 5:53 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 7:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 33 min |
| Dec 10, 7:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 8:15 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 3 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 10:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dade | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:49 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:30 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 31 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 27 min |
| Dec 10, 4:23 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 41 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.