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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 6:56 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 8 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, 6:56 AM EDT (10:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 7:43 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:00 AM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 1 N Lowery, GA | DAMAGE PATH 0.5 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE.ONE MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. |
| May 11, 7:11 AM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 3 Se Soperton, GA | DAMAGE PATH 7 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. ONE TWO STORY BRICK HOME HAD THE SECOND FLOOR COMPLETELY REMOVED. NUMEROUS SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT 6 MILES ENE OF KIBBEE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. |
| May 11, 7:16 AM EDT | TORNADO 3 | 3 Se Soperton, GA | DAMAGE PATH 7 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. ONE TWO STORY BRICK HOME HAD THE SECOND FLOOR COMPLETELY REMOVED. NUMEROUS SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. |
| May 11, 7:20 AM EDT | TORNADO 2 | 3 Ssw Normantown, GA | *** 3 INJ *** DAMAGE PATH 1 MILE LONG...150 YDS WIDE. 3 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED...1 BRICK HOUSE HAD MAJOR DAMAGE...NUMEROUS SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. 1 TRACTOR TRAILER RIG TURNED OVER. APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 PINE TREES DOWN. 3 INJURIES AND 7 FAMILIES |
| May 11, 7:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Normantown, GA | SEVERAL TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED IN AND AROUND NORMANTOWN. |
| May 11, 7:25 AM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Ssw Normantown, GA | *** 3 INJ *** 4 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...1 HOUSE DESTROYED...1 CHURCH DESTROYED...1 MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND 1 TRACTOR TRAILER TURNED OVER. APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 PINE TREES DOWN. 7 FAMILIES DISPLACED. |
| May 11, 7:30 AM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 7 Ne Lyons, GA | DAMAGE PATH WAS 2.5 MILES LONG AND 100 YARDS WIDE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. |
| May 11, 7:35 AM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 7 Ne Lyons, GA | AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 MILES NE OF LYONS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THIS TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE CURVING TO AN EAST DIRECTION BEFORE MOVING INTO TATTNALL COUNTY. THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDING THE PO |
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
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 111056
TORFFC
GAC175-209-279-283-309-111200-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0070.080511T1056Z-080511T1200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
656 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHEASTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT
* AT 652 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
LOTHAIR...MOVING EAST AT 57 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GLENWOOD...SOPERTON...MOUNT VERNON...VIDALIA...SOUTH THOMPSON AND
LYONS.
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 3229 8291 3246 8281 3234 8238 3229 8235
3229 8227 3230 8225 3229 8220 3197 8223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 288DEG 49KT 3235 8279
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 111123
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
723 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC163-111133-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-080511T1130Z/
JEFFERSON GA-
723 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 AM
EDT...
RADAR INDICATES THAT THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS EXITED JEFFERSON
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3296 8228 3298 8254 3302 8254 3301 8256
3305 8261 3312 8265 3312 8255 3313 8254
3313 8249 3317 8225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 272DEG 45KT 3301 8220
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 111143
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
GAC209-279-111152-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080511T1200Z/
TOOMBS GA-MONTGOMERY GA-
742 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN TOOMBS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN 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 3210 8221 3223 8261 3235 8244 3235 8242
3234 8238 3229 8235 3229 8227 3230 8225
3229 8220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 288DEG 49KT 3216 8209
$$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, 6:32 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, 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.