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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 11, 2008Crisp County, Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 7:54 AM EDT for Crisp County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2008, 7:54 AM EDT (11:54 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2008, 8:30 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crisp County, GA, Wilcox County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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.

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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 111154
TORFFC
GAC081-315-111230-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0072.080511T1154Z-080511T1230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 AM EDT

* AT 753 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  HATLEY...MOVING EAST AT 47 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PITTS
  AND OWENSBORO.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.

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 3180 8368 3196 8363 3191 8320 3188 8321
      3187 8318 3184 8318 3183 8324 3184 8359
      3180 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 286DEG 41KT 3189 8377

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 111219
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
819 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

GAC081-111229-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080511T1230Z/
CRISP GA-
819 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRISP COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED CRISP 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 3184 8353 3194 8350 3191 8321 3190 8320
      3189 8321 3188 8321 3187 8318 3184 8318
      3183 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 278DEG 49KT 3186 8338

$$

GAC315-111230-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080511T1230Z/
WILCOX GA-
819 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...

AT 816 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED NEAR OWENSBORO...MOVING EAST 
AT 56 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN WILCOX 
COUNTY.

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 FIRST 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 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 3184 8353 3194 8350 3191 8321 3190 8320
      3189 8321 3188 8321 3187 8318 3184 8318
      3183 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 278DEG 49KT 3186 8338

$$

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, 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, 8:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Telfair	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.