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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 11, 2008Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 6:10 AM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
May 11, 2008, 6:10 AM EDT (10:10 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2008, 6:45 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 6:15 AM EDTTORNADO 1Fitzpatrick, GAAN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR US HWY 80 WEST OF MYRICKS MILL RD WHERE A CHURCH HAD MOST OF ITS ROOF BLOWN OFF. IT CONTINUED EAST INTO WESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY PARALLELING GA HWY 96 NEAR US HWY 441. A MOBILE HOME WAS DAMAGED AT BEAVER

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 2:37 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2008-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1834 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2008-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 111011
TORFFC
GAC289-319-111045-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0066.080511T1010Z-080511T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TWIGGS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT

* AT 606 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR          
  FITZPATRICK AND MYRICKS MILL...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
JEFFERSONVILLE...IRWINTON...AND NICKLESVILLE.

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

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 3272 8359 3284 8344 3281 8296 3276 8296
      3275 8295 3272 8295 3269 8299 3255 8327
      3254 8332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 284DEG 52KT 3278 8347

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson31 min
May 10, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox44 min
May 10, 9:59 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCDodge, Telfair, Wilcox31 min
May 10, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Telfair51 min
May 10, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler43 min
May 11, 2:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton41 min
May 11, 2:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton38 min
May 11, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale42 min
May 11, 2:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite25 min
May 11, 3:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton39 min
May 11, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup53 min
May 11, 3:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oglethorpe, Wilkes43 min
May 11, 3:33 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCTroup42 min
May 11, 4:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson44 min
May 11, 4:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll36 min
May 11, 4:14 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup46 min
May 11, 4:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton54 min
May 11, 4:25 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Fulton50 min
May 11, 4:31 AM EDTWind AdvisoryFFCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more35 hr
May 11, 4:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale46 min
May 11, 4:52 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry53 min
May 11, 5:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Upson42 min
May 11, 5:12 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson33 min
May 11, 5:22 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCNewton, Rockdale38 min
May 11, 5:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion37 min
May 11, 5:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe, Upson23 min
May 11, 5:37 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Crawford, Monroe38 min
May 11, 5:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones55 min
May 11, 5:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley38 min
May 11, 5:54 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBibb, Twiggs36 min
May 11, 5:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Morgan, Putnam62 min
May 11, 6:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski and 1 more48 min
May 11, 6:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Treutlen49 min
May 11, 6:32 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens, Washington, Wilkinson43 min
May 11, 6:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox39 min
May 11, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington51 min
May 11, 6:43 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCJefferson, Washington47 min
May 11, 6:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery, Telfair, Toombs, Wheeler57 min
May 11, 6:52 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCEmanuel38 min
May 11, 6:56 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCLaurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler47 min
May 11, 7:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox50 min
May 11, 7:18 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Sumter57 min
May 11, 7:54 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCrisp, Wilcox36 min
May 11, 8:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair23 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.