Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 5:37 AM EDT for Bibb County, Crawford County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min. 9 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
- May 11, 2008, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Monroe County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Macon, GA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. OCCURRED BETWEEN 545 AM AND 610 AM. |
| May 11, 5:50 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 3 E Lizella, GA | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LIZELLA AND CONTINUED ON A SPORADIC PATH ACROSS NORTH MACON AND INTO WESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY. TORNADO WAS EF0 TO EF1 THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE PATH...BUT REACHED EF2 INTENSIFY ALONG EISENHOWER PARKWAY IN NORTH MACON...WHERE SEVERAL BUILDIN |
| May 11, 5:50 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | Lizella, GA | AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LIZELLA AND CONTINUED ON A SPORADIC PATH ACROSS SOUTH MACON AND INTO WESTERN TWIGGS COUNTY. TORNADO WAS EF0 TO EF1 THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE PATH...BUT REACHED EF2 INTENSIFY ALONG EISENHOWER PARKWAY IN SOUTH MACON. THE TORNADO LIF |
| May 11, 5:50 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 E Lizella, GA | POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED HOME ON WATERS EDGE RD NEAR SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE TOBESOFKEE. LOTS OF TREES AND LINES DOWN. INSULATION STREWN ABOUT. |
| May 11, 5:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 S Forsyth, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERSTECTION OF HIGHWAYS 22 AND 74. |
| May 11, 5:55 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | Macon, GA | EF2 TORNADO. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BUSINESSES AND MACON STATE COLLEGE. 2 BUILDINGS DESTROYED. NEARLY HALF OF THE TREES ON MACON STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS WERE EITHER BROKEN OR UPROOTED. MOST DAMAGE ALONG EISENHOWER PARKWAY WITH HARDEST HIT AREA AT EISENHOWER PARKWA |
| May 11, 6:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Macon, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR 4300 BLOCK OF PERSHING AVE IN WEST MACON. |
| May 11, 6:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Macon, GA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. SMALL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. |
| May 11, 6:05 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Macon, GA | NEAR HOUSTON AVE AND EISENHOWER PKWY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1834 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 110937
TORFFC
GAC021-079-207-111015-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0064.080511T0937Z-080511T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
537 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 536 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 52 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BOLINGBROKE...LIZELLA...MACON AND CROSS KEYS.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING
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 3284 8413 3289 8413 3293 8411 3293 8406
3300 8404 3297 8372 3288 8364 3288 8360
3286 8357 3269 8372 3269 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 287DEG 45KT 3290 8401
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 111013
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC021-079-207-111023-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080511T1015Z/
CRAWFORD GA-BIBB GA-MONROE GA-
613 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONROE...BIBB AND NORTHEASTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 615 AM EDT...
THE TORNADO HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO TWIGGS COUNTY. THUS...THE
WARNING FOR MONROE...BIBB...AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3284 8413 3289 8413 3293 8411 3293 8406
3300 8404 3297 8372 3288 8364 3288 8360
3286 8357 3269 8372 3269 8377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1013Z 287DEG 45KT 3275 8351
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 10, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 44 min |
| May 10, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 10, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 51 min |
| May 10, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 43 min |
| May 11, 2:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 41 min |
| May 11, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 38 min |
| May 11, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 42 min |
| May 11, 2:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 25 min |
| May 11, 3:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 39 min |
| May 11, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 53 min |
| May 11, 3:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 43 min |
| May 11, 3:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 42 min |
| May 11, 4:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 44 min |
| May 11, 4:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 36 min |
| May 11, 4:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 54 min |
| May 11, 4:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 50 min |
| May 11, 4:31 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 35 hr |
| May 11, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry | 53 min |
| May 11, 5:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 33 min |
| May 11, 5:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 37 min |
| May 11, 5:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe, Upson | 23 min |
| May 11, 5:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 55 min |
| May 11, 5:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 36 min |
| May 11, 5:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 62 min |
| May 11, 6:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| May 11, 6:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more | 48 min |
| May 11, 6:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson | 43 min |
| May 11, 6:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 39 min |
| May 11, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 51 min |
| May 11, 6:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler | 57 min |
| May 11, 6:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 38 min |
| May 11, 6:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 47 min |
| May 11, 7:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 50 min |
| May 11, 7:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Sumter | 57 min |
| May 11, 7:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 23 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.