Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 19, 2002Marion County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2002, 3:57 PM EST for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 19, 2002, 3:57 PM EST (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2002, 4:30 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2002-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
410 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 
WUUS52 KFFC 192057
SVRATL

TTAA00 KATL 192057

GAC197-192130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
357 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 351 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH
  LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUENA VISTA.

WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3251 8463 3229 8465 3231 8441 3253 8446

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.