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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 7:03 PM EST for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 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
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:03 PM EST (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jones County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 730 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 180003 TORFFC GAC169-180045- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0015.080218T0003Z-080218T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 703 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EST * AT 701 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAYSIDE...GRAY AND BLOUNTSVILLE. 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 HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS STORM IS STILL 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN 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 3300 8372 3316 8346 3303 8339 3289 8366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 235DEG 38KT 3296 8364 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KFFC 180022 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 719 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 GAC169-180045- /O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080218T0045Z/ JONES GA- 719 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR JONES COUNTY... AT 715 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. WHILE THIS STORM HAS SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF WEAKENING...IT COULD STILL PRODUCE A TORNADO. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED SIX MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAY. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HADDOCK AND BLOUNTSVILLE. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA. IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. LAT...LON 3300 8372 3316 8346 3303 8339 3289 8366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 235DEG 38KT 3306 8347 $$ 19
000 WWUS52 KFFC 180042 SVSFFC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 741 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 GAC169-180051- /O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080218T0045Z/ JONES GA- 741 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JONES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM EST... AT 738 PM EST...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED INTO PUTNAM AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT THE IMMEDIATE SEVERE THREAT HAS ENDED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN 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 3300 8372 3316 8346 3303 8339 3289 8366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 235DEG 38KT 3319 8324 $$ 19
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 20 min |
Nearby
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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.