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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 15, 2008Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 8:24 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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: Mar 15, 2008, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 8:46 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Emanuel County, GA

The radar

The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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
Mar 15, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 160024
TORFFC
GAC107-160100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0055.080316T0024Z-080316T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTH OF 
  MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS CAN
  ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CANOOCHEE...TWIN CITY AND GARFIELD.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL 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 3254 8202 3253 8206 3268 8240 3284 8232
      3284 8228 3282 8225 3278 8211 3267 8208
      3264 8202 3260 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 288DEG 39KT 3267 8227

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 160046
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
846 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

GAC107-160056-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080316T0100Z/
EMANUEL GA-
846 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT
OF NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

IF YOU SAW 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 3254 8202 3253 8206 3268 8240 3284 8232
      3284 8228 3282 8225 3278 8211 3267 8208
      3264 8202 3260 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 288DEG 39KT 3260 8200

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens	43 min
Mar 15, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson, Washington	32 min
Mar 15, 8:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Laurens	32 min
Mar 15, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Twiggs	25 min
Mar 15, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jefferson	33 min
Mar 15, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel	30 min
Mar 15, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Johnson, Washington	39 min
Mar 15, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Treutlen	44 min
Mar 16, 11:41 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion and 7 more	8 hr

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.