Tornado Warning 27, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 15, 2008, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)

Expired

Mar 15, 2008, 3:00 PM EDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Banks County, GA, Madison County, GA

The Greer radar (KGSP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 151823
TORFFC
GAC011-195-151900-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0027.080315T1823Z-080315T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
223 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BANKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF POCATALIGO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PHILLIPS.

FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM...AND THIS STORM HAS 
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE. TAKE COVER NOW 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY 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 3415 8307 3415 8336 3422 8343 3434 8343
      3434 8337 3426 8332 3427 8329 3425 8317
      3427 8311 3425 8309 3418 8309
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 264DEG 44KT 3428 8344

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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.