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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 9:59 AM EDT for Lamar County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2008, 9:59 AM EDT (13:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 10:21 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lamar County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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 26, 2:36 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 261359
TORFFC
GAC171-261445-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0093.080826T1359Z-080826T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
959 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
* AT 958 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
BARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GOGGINS...JOHNSTONVILLE AND CHAPPEL.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3318 8416 3318 8413 3320 8412 3320 8404
3319 8403 3317 8404 3305 8404 3300 8408
3297 8411 3298 8412 3299 8424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 207DEG 33KT 3294 8419
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 261417
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1017 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
GAC171-261445-
/O.CON.KFFC.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-080826T1445Z/
LAMAR GA-
1017 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
LAMAR COUNTY...
AT 1011 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BARNESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GOGGINS...JOHNSTONVILLE AND CHAPPEL.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3317 8417 3318 8413 3320 8412 3320 8404
3319 8403 3317 8404 3310 8404 3306 8406
3305 8405 3298 8412 3299 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 206DEG 32KT 3305 8412
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 261421
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1021 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
GAC171-261430-
/O.CAN.KFFC.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-080826T1445Z/
LAMAR GA-
1020 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SUSPECTED TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR GEORGIA.
IF YOU OBSERVED 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 3317 8417 3318 8413 3320 8412 3320 8404
3319 8403 3317 8404 3310 8404 3306 8406
3305 8405 3298 8412 3299 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 205DEG 25KT 3307 8411
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 12:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Oconee, Walton | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 8:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 9:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Cobb | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 11:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 12:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 12:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee, Walton | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Jackson, Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 1:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Towns | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, White | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 58 min |
| Aug 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 15 min |
| Aug 26, 7:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | Hall | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 44 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.