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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 6:32 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 43 min. 6 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, 6:32 AM EDT (10:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:36 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 7 Nw Dublin, GA | *** 1 FATAL, 3 INJ *** EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN IN THE 2700 BLOCK OF U.S. HIGHWAY 441...ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...WHERE A DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. AN EARLY 50S MALE KILLED AND WIFE IN VERY SERIOUS CONDITION. TWO CHILDREN SUFF |
| May 11, 6:36 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 7 Nw Dublin, GA | *** 2 FATAL, 2 INJ *** EF2 TORNADO CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN IN THE 2700 BLOCK OF U.S. HIGHWAY 441...ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...WHERE A DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. AN EARLY 50S MALE AND HIS WIFE WERE KILLED. TWO CHILDREN SUFFERED NON-LIFE THR |
| May 11, 6:36 AM EDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Dublin, GA | *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO DESTROYED SEVERAL HOMES AT US 441 AND EVERGREEN RD. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. |
| May 11, 6:44 AM EDT | TORNADO | 9 Wsw Wrightsville, GA | AN EF1 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MPH TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY ABOUT 1 MILE W OF TUCKERS CROSSROADS OR 9 MILES WSW OF WRIGHTSVILLE AT 644 AM EDT. NEAR TUCKERS CROSSROADS...THE TORNADO DESTROYED ONE MOBILE HOME...PUSHED A MANUFACTURED H |
| May 11, 7:00 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kite, GA | STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 90 MPH OCCURRED ALONG AND UP TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK. A GYMNASIUM IN KITE SUSTAINED MASONRY WALL AND ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL OTHER STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. |
| May 11, 7:01 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 1 Nw Kite, GA | AN EF2 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 130 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NORTHWEST OF KITE CAUSING DAMAGE ALONG US HWY 221. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER AND SEVERAL HOMES AND CARS WERE DAMAGED. MORE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED 3 MILES NE OF KITE ALONG MINTON CHAPEL RD WHERE A MO |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 111034
TORFFC
GAC167-175-303-319-111115-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0067.080511T1032Z-080511T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
632 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 715 AM EDT
* AT 629 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
IRWINTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NICKLESVILLE...SPANN...DONAVAN...HARRISON...WRIGHTSVILLE...
SCOTT...ADRIAN...MEERS...AND KITE.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 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 3269 8250 3264 8248 3263 8251 3257 8260
3253 8257 3251 8262 3266 8326 3283 8332
3284 8253 3275 8244 3273 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1032Z 281DEG 52KT 3272 8312
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 111048
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
647 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC319-111057-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080511T1115Z/
WILKINSON GA-
647 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO HAS EXITED WILKINSON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3269 8250 3263 8249 3257 8260 3253 8257
3251 8262 3260 8300 3272 8295 3284 8297
3284 8253 3275 8244 3273 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 281DEG 52KT 3265 8288
$$
GAC167-175-303-111115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080511T1115Z/
LAURENS GA-JOHNSON GA-WASHINGTON GA-
647 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN LAURENS
COUNTIES...
AT 643 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BREWTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARRISON...LOVETT...SPANN...DONAVAN...WRIGHTSVILLE...SCOTT...
ADRIAN...MEEKS AND KITE.
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 3269 8250 3263 8249 3257 8260 3253 8257
3251 8262 3260 8300 3272 8295 3284 8297
3284 8253 3275 8244 3273 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 281DEG 52KT 3265 8288
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 111051
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC167-175-303-111115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080511T1115Z/
LAURENS GA-JOHNSON GA-WASHINGTON GA-
650 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN LAURENS
COUNTIES...
AT 648 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPANN AND
WRIGHTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 68 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SCOTT...ADRIAN...MEEKS AND KITE.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO
SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3269 8250 3263 8249 3257 8260 3253 8257
3251 8262 3260 8300 3272 8295 3284 8297
3284 8253 3275 8244 3273 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 280DEG 59KT 3269 8273
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 111107
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
706 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC175-303-111116-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080511T1115Z/
LAURENS GA-WASHINGTON GA-
706 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN
LAURENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
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 3269 8250 3263 8249 3263 8251 3257 8259
3268 8264 3278 8265 3282 8252 3275 8244
3273 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 277DEG 57KT 3273 8245
$$
GAC167-111115-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080511T1115Z/
JOHNSON GA-
706 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
JOHNSON COUNTY...
AT 702 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KITE...MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3269 8250 3263 8249 3263 8251 3257 8259
3268 8264 3278 8265 3282 8252 3275 8244
3273 8244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 277DEG 57KT 3273 8245
$$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, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Monroe | 38 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, 6:36 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.