Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 11:54 AM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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, 11:54 AM EDT (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2008, 12:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harris County, GA
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 251554
TORFFC
GAC145-251630-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0084.080825T1554Z-080825T1630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1154 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
* AT 1152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PINE MOUNTAIN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITESVILLE.
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.
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 3287 8508 3287 8494 3286 8493 3286 8485
3262 8495 3263 8506 3265 8507 3269 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 190DEG 25KT 3268 8499
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 251606
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1206 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
GAC145-251630-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-080825T1630Z/
HARRIS GA-
1205 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
HARRIS COUNTY...
AT 1201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITESVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO A
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE
A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3287 8508 3287 8494 3286 8493 3286 8485
3262 8495 3263 8506 3265 8507 3269 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1605Z 184DEG 26KT 3278 8500
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 251621
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1221 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
GAC145-251631-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-080825T1630Z/
HARRIS GA-
1221 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT
OF WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
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 3287 8508 3287 8494 3286 8493 3286 8485
3262 8495 3263 8506 3265 8507 3269 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 184DEG 26KT 3289 8497
$$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, 11:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot | 40 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.