Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 4:39 PM EST for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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
- Feb 17, 2008, 4:39 PM EST (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Fulton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Fairburn, GA | TREE DOWN. |
| Feb 17, 4:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W College Park, GA | TREE DOWN. |
| Feb 17, 4:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Fairburn, GA | TREE DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 172139
TORFFC
GAC121-172215-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0007.080217T2139Z-080217T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
439 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 515 PM EST
* AT 434 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FAIRBURN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLLEGE PARK...EAST POINT...HAPEVILLE...ATLANTA...TURNER FIELD AND
PIEDMONT PARK.
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.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 900 PM EST SUNDAY 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 3351 8461 3364 8472 3366 8466 3378 8453
3390 8434 3366 8434 3364 8436 3364 8445
3358 8446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 236DEG 31KT 3364 8458
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 172153
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
453 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
GAC121-172215-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080217T2215Z/
FULTON GA-
453 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
FULTON COUNTY...
AT 448 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST POINT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATLANTA...TURNER FIELD...GRANT PARK AND PIEDMONT PARK.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3373 8459 3375 8456 3376 8456 3390 8434
3366 8434 3364 8436 3364 8445 3361 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 236DEG 35KT 3372 8444
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding | 24 min |
| Feb 17, 3:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 3:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Paulding | 23 min |
| Feb 17, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 4:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 5:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 40 min |
| Feb 17, 6:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Sumter, Webster | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 6:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter | 26 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.