Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2008, 5:52 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 4, 2008, 5:52 PM EST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Wilkes County, GA
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 6:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Union Point, GA | A FEW TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. |
| Mar 4, 6:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Washington, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Mar 4, 6:15 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Tignall, GA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 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 042252
TORFFC
GAC133-221-265-317-042330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0016.080304T2252Z-080304T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
552 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
WILKES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 PM EST
* AT 550 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR UNION
POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LYNEVILLE...PRATHER...WASHINGTON...TIGNALL AND SANDTOWN.
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 3357 8307 3366 8314 3388 8294 3398 8282
3399 8265 3397 8262 3389 8260 3387 8257
3381 8258 3374 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 236DEG 45KT 3364 8306
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 042309
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
GAC133-221-265-042319-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080304T2330Z/
TALIAFERRO GA-GREENE GA-OGLETHORPE GA-
609 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OGLETHORPE...NORTHEASTERN
GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3374 8254 3363 8288 3378 8299 3392 8288
3394 8281 3398 8278 3399 8265 3397 8262
3389 8260 3387 8257 3381 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 236DEG 45KT 3376 8285
$$
GAC317-042330-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080304T2330Z/
WILKES GA-
609 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR WILKES
COUNTY...
AT 608 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PRATHER...WASHINGTON...TIGNALL...SANDTOWN...NORMAN...METASVILLE AND
DANBURG.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR 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 3374 8254 3363 8288 3378 8299 3392 8288
3394 8281 3398 8278 3399 8265 3397 8262
3389 8260 3387 8257 3381 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 236DEG 45KT 3376 8285
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 042333
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
GAC317-042340-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080304T2330Z/
WILKES GA-
630 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WILKES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM EST...
AT 630 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE TORNADO WAS MOVING OUT OF WILKES COUNTY...NEAR DANBURG.
THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WINDS TO 50 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL TO PORTIONS OF EASTERN WILKES COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU OBSERVED WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3374 8254 3363 8288 3378 8299 3392 8288
3394 8281 3398 8278 3399 8265 3397 8262
3389 8260 3387 8257 3381 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 235DEG 45KT 3376 8284
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gilmer, Pickens | 38 min |
| Mar 4, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb | 36 min |
| Mar 4, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 3:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 16 min |
| Mar 4, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 23 min |
| Mar 4, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 4:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fulton | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 36 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.