Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2008, 7:17 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 21, 2008, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2008, 8:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Elbert County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elberton, GA | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN AND AROUND ELBERTON. ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KGSP 212317
SVRGSP
GAC105-220015-
/O.NEW.KGSP.SV.W.0310.080721T2317Z-080722T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
717 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
WEST OF ELBERTON...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY AT 730 PM EDT
RURAL SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY AT 740 PM EDT
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN CAN OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING...THROUGH OUR
AUTOMATED REPORTING SYSTEM...CALL OUR TOLL FREE NUMBER...
1 8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3397 8282 3398 8283 3398 8286 3399 8288
3400 8293 3403 8295 3406 8301 3410 8304
3418 8304 3418 8282 3397 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 358DEG 8KT 3409 8292
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KGSP 220001
SVSGSP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
800 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008
GAC105-220010-
/O.CAN.KGSP.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-080722T0015Z/
ELBERT GA-
800 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 800 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED THAT THE PREVIOUSLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ELBERT COUNTY HAD WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...HOWEVER...CAN BE EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3397 8282 3398 8283 3398 8286 3399 8288
3400 8293 3403 8295 3406 8301 3410 8304
3418 8304 3418 8282 3397 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 358DEG 8KT 3399 8292
$$
HGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 24 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun, Stephens | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun, Stephens | 62 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.