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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Columbia, SC

May 3, 2002McDuffie County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2002, 6:07 PM EDT for McDuffie County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2002, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County McDuffie County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 6:15 PM EDTHail 1Thomson, GAPostal employee reported quarter size hail.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KCAE 032207
SVRCAE
GAC189-032230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
606 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    SOUTHERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THOMSON..MOVING EAST   
  AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

RCC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEColumbia47 min
May 3, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAERichmond42 min
May 3, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCAERichmond29 min
May 3, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke33 min
May 3, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBurke29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.