Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 6:12 PM EST for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 6:12 PM EST (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Crawford County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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, 6:15 PM EST | TORNADO | Roberta, GA | RELAYED SHERIFFS WIDESPREAD POWERLINES DOWN IN VICINITY OF ROBERTA. |
| Feb 17, 6:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 E Musella, GA | HOUSE DESTROYED ALONG DENT ROAD. |
| Feb 17, 6:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Musella, GA | DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOUSES ALONG FAIRPLAY ROAD AND SALEM CHURCH ROAD, POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 172312
TORFFC
GAC079-172345-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0013.080217T2312Z-080217T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
612 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 610 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MUSELLA.
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.
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
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 3268 8419 3277 8416 3285 8405 3284 8398
3285 8397 3284 8396 3284 8389 3281 8388
3266 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 228DEG 43KT 3266 8419
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 172331
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
629 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
GAC079-172345-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080217T2345Z/
CRAWFORD GA-
629 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...
AT 620 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN ROBERTA AND MUSELLA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVED ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3268 8419 3277 8416 3285 8405 3284 8398
3285 8397 3284 8396 3284 8389 3281 8388
3266 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 228DEG 43KT 3279 8401
$$
19000
WWUS52 KFFC 172348
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
646 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
GAC079-172356-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080217T2345Z/
CRAWFORD GA-
646 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY EXPIRED AT
645 PM EST...
AT 642 PM EST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OBSERVED IN THE ROBERTA AREA. THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS NOW MOVED INTO
NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY. WHILE THE IMMEDIATE SEVERE THREAT HAS
ENDED...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THIS AREA FROM
THE SOUTHWEST AND ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 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 3268 8419 3277 8416 3285 8405 3284 8398
3285 8397 3284 8396 3284 8389 3281 8388
3266 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 228DEG 43KT 3280 8399
$$
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, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 40 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.