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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 25, 2008Lamar County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 1:14 PM EDT for Lamar County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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: Aug 25, 2008, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2008, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 25, 1:23 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Nne Thomaston, GA	NEAR COBBTOWN RD AND COUNTY RD. PUBLIC REPORT CALLED INTO UPSON COUNTY 911 CENTER. NO TOUCHDOWN NOR DAMAGE REPORTED.

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
Aug 25, 8:28 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KFFC 251714
TORFFC
GAC171-231-293-251745-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0086.080825T1714Z-080825T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
114 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTH CENTRAL UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  THOMASTON...MOVING NORTH AT 23 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  THE ROCK...PIEDMONT AND MEANSVILLE.

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 3310 8433 3304 8414 3284 8434 3287 8439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 202DEG 20KT 3290 8433

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 251730
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
130 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

GAC171-231-293-251745-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-080825T1745Z/
UPSON GA-PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-
130 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL LAMAR...SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND NORTH CENTRAL UPSON COUNTIES...

AT 128 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR THE ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSE
HILL...PIEDMONT AND MEANSVILLE.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3299 8436 3299 8435 3300 8436 3310 8433
      3304 8414 3291 8427 3291 8428 3294 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 203DEG 13KT 3293 8431

$$

000 
WWUS52 KFFC 251745
SVSFFC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
145 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

GAC171-231-293-251754-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-080825T1745Z/
UPSON GA-PIKE GA-LAMAR GA-
144 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LAMAR...SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND
NORTH CENTRAL UPSON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 145 PM EDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A 
TORNADO. 

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 3299 8436 3299 8435 3300 8436 3310 8433
      3304 8414 3291 8427 3291 8428 3294 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 203DEG 13KT 3298 8429

$$

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, 11:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Harris	27 min
Aug 25, 12:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	FFC	Talbot, Upson	45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.