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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 4, 2008Harris County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2008, 8:34 PM EDT for Harris County, Meriwether County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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: Apr 4, 2008, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harris County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 4, 9:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Pine Mountain Valley, 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
Apr 4, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 050034
TORFFC
GAC145-199-285-050100-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0056.080405T0034Z-080405T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
834 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN TROUP COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 831 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT EXIT 70 ON INTERSTATE 85
  ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
  MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN AND F.D ROOSEVELT STATE PARK.

TAKE COVER NOW TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY 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 3277 8514 3278 8513 3279 8515 3286 8517
      3305 8486 3283 8473 3268 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 236DEG 39KT 3279 8509

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 050049
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
845 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

GAC145-199-285-050100-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080405T0100Z/
HARRIS GA-TROUP GA-MERIWETHER GA-
845 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MERIWETHER...SOUTHEASTERN TROUP AND NORTHERN HARRIS
COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STRONG STORM WITH MODERATE ROTATION NEAR 
WHITESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT 
INDICATED BY RADAR AT THE PRESENT TIME...A TORNADO MAY STILL FORM IF 
THE STORM STRENGTHENS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
MOUNTAIN VALLEY...PINE MOUNTAIN...F.D ROOSEVELT STATE PARK AND
STOVALL.

THIS STORM WAS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO AT EXIT 70 ON 
I-85 IN ALABAMA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY 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 3285 8510 3305 8487 3303 8485 3283 8473
      3270 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 236DEG 39KT 3286 8497

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper, Morgan, Newton, Walton	39 min
Apr 4, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Troup	44 min
Apr 4, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston, Peach	27 min
Apr 4, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe	52 min
Apr 4, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether, Talbot, Troup	51 min
Apr 4, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes	40 min
Apr 4, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Upson	37 min
Apr 4, 9:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Fulton	25 hr
Apr 4, 9:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	FFC	Clarke, Greene, Oconee	15 hr
Apr 5, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson, Treutlen	45 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.