Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 4:51 PM EDT for Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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 15, 2008, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morgan County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 15, 4:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Rutledge, GA | |
| Mar 15, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Buckhead, GA | NEAR LAKE OCONEE...ALONG MORGAN-PUTNAM COUNTY LINE. |
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 15, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 459 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 152051
TORFFC
GAC211-152115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0039.080315T2051Z-080315T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
451 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WEST OF
RUTLEDGE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CENTENNIAL...HARD LABOR CREEK STATE PARK AND MADISON.
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 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING 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 3351 8328 3348 8327 3347 8334 3351 8367
3353 8368 3359 8368 3370 8358 3369 8357
3368 8339 3361 8335 3354 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 278DEG 40KT 3361 8369
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale, Walton | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Paulding | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Newton | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 55 min |
| Mar 14, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Putnam | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Putnam | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Walton | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 37 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Heard | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 5:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 6:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett, Rockdale, Walton | 13 min |
| Mar 15, 11:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Paulding, Polk | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Pickens | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Madison | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, Pickens | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Paulding | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 59 min |
| Mar 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 79 min |
| Mar 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Newton | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 62 min |
| Mar 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Fulton | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 18 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.