Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 24, 2002, 10:49 AM EST for Tattnall County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- Dec 24, 2002, 10:49 AM EST (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2002, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tattnall County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 11:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Glennville, GA | Several trees and power lines were down. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KCHS 241549 CCA SVRCHS GAC267-241630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1047 AM EST TUE DEC 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TATTNALL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA... * UNTIL 1130 AM EST * AT 1044 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 13 MILES WEST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... REIDSVILLE... GLENNVILLE AND MENDES... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY. LAT...LON 3219 8234 3206 8248 3179 8197 3205 8191 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 10:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Candler | 41 min |
| Dec 24, 10:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 43 min |
| Dec 24, 11:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Evans | 45 min |
| Dec 24, 11:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 40 min |
| Dec 24, 11:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Effingham | 44 min |
| Dec 24, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 47 min |
| Dec 24, 12:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Liberty | 31 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.