Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 81, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2008, 3:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 22, 2008, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Laurens County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Wheeler County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 10:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 221921
TORFFC
GAC175-209-283-309-221945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0081.080822T1921Z-080822T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
321 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHWESTERN TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GLENWOOD...
MOVING WEST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CADWELL.
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 600 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN 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 3216 8289 3219 8287 3220 8288 3217 8293
3217 8300 3224 8304 3226 8303 3228 8306
3239 8312 3234 8261 3216 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 095DEG 35KT 3225 8272
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 221944
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
344 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC175-209-283-309-221954-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-080822T1945Z/
WHEELER GA-MONTGOMERY GA-TREUTLEN GA-LAURENS GA-
344 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAURENS...SOUTHWESTERN
TREUTLEN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN WHEELER
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER
THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3216 8289 3219 8287 3220 8288 3217 8293
3217 8300 3224 8304 3226 8303 3228 8306
3239 8312 3234 8261 3216 8263
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 095DEG 35KT 3226 8298
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:33 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 60 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.