Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 5:45 PM EST for Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2008, 5:45 PM EST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Taylor County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 6:00 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | 1 S Mauk, GA | OVER 15 TREES DOWN AND SNAPPED ALONG 50 TO 100 YARD PATH ON HIGHWAY 137. |
| Feb 17, 6:00 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 S Mauk, GA | OVER 15 TREES DOWN AND SNAPPED ALONG 50 TO 100 YARD PATH ON HIGHWAY 127. |
| Feb 17, 6:14 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Ne Butler, GA | *** 1 INJ *** TWO MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED, NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN, ONE INJURY. |
| Feb 17, 6:14 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Ne Butler, GA | TWO MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED AND THREE HOMES WITH DAMAGE. MOST DAMAGE ALONG WAINWRIGHT ROAD. NO INJURIES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 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 172247
TORFFC
GAC269-172330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0012.080217T2245Z-080217T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
545 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 PM EST
* AT 542 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER BETWEEN OAKLAND AND MAUK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CUSSETA.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
REYNOLDS...CHARING...AND MAUK.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3244 8442 3253 8446 3256 8444 3256 8440
3259 8440 3270 8420 3268 8419 3266 8409
3262 8405 3259 8407 3254 8402 3239 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 241DEG 41KT 3245 8446
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 172304
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
GAC269-172330-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080217T2330Z/
TAYLOR GA-
602 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...
AT 557 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOWARD...WEST OF BUTLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WESLEY...JARRELL...AND FIVE POINTS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. THE
PUBLIC HAS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE HOWARD AREA...AND DAMAGE
WAS REPORTED FROM THIS SAME THUNDERSTORM EARLIER WHEN IT PASSED
THROUGH STEWART AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3244 8442 3253 8446 3256 8444 3256 8440
3259 8440 3270 8420 3268 8419 3266 8409
3262 8405 3259 8407 3254 8402 3239 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 241DEG 41KT 3254 8426
$$
19000
WWUS52 KFFC 172327
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
627 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
GAC269-172337-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080217T2330Z/
TAYLOR GA-
627 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM EST...
AT 620 PM EST...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
IN TAYLOR COUNTY DURING THE LAST 30 MINUTES HAS MOVED INTO
CRAWFORD COUNTY. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE INTO THIS AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN 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 3244 8442 3253 8446 3256 8444 3256 8440
3259 8440 3270 8420 3268 8419 3266 8409
3262 8405 3259 8407 3254 8402 3239 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 241DEG 41KT 3268 8396
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding | 24 min |
| Feb 17, 3:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 3:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 4:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 4:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 5:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 6:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 6:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.