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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 11:50 AM EDT for Marion County, Talbot County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 25, 2008, 11:50 AM EDT (15:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marion County, GA, Talbot County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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 25, 8:28 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 251550 TORFFC GAC197-263-251630- /O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0083.080825T1550Z-080825T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1150 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 1230 PM EDT * AT 1147 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF JUNIPER...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TALBOTTON. 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 400 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3274 8465 3273 8444 3240 8454 3241 8463 TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 188DEG 21KT 3248 8458 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 251603
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1203 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
GAC197-251613-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080825T1630Z/
MARION GA-
1203 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF MARION
COUNTY AND INTO TALBOT COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SAW WIND DAMAGE OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL AFTER
THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3274 8465 3273 8444 3255 8450 3254 8452
3255 8454 3254 8454 3254 8456 3254 8457
3254 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 191DEG 24KT 3256 8455
$$
GAC263-251630-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080825T1630Z/
TALBOT GA-
1203 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
TALBOT COUNTY...
AT 1201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GENEVA...MOVING
NORTH AT 27 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TALBOTTON.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY 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 400 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 3274 8465 3273 8444 3255 8450 3254 8452
3255 8454 3254 8454 3254 8456 3254 8457
3254 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 191DEG 24KT 3256 8455
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 251614
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1214 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
GAC263-251630-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-080825T1630Z/
TALBOT GA-
1213 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
TALBOT COUNTY...
AT 1210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF
TALBOTTON...MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
PERSONS IN AS WELL AS AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF TALBOTTON SHOULD MOVE
TO A SAFE PLACE NOW
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3259 8458 3274 8458 3273 8452 3273 8444
3260 8448 3260 8449 3258 8449 3257 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 206DEG 22KT 3262 8451
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 4:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 68 more | 39 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 31 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.