Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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
- May 11, 2002, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Warthen, GA | The public reported dime size hail. |
| May 11, 4:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Sandersville, GA | The Washington county 911 center reported that dime size hail was falling at their facility. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 111930 SVRATL GAC303-112015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 329 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSVILLE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SANDERSVILLE AND TENNILLE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. 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 3307 8264 3321 8278 3309 8299 3292 8282
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 30 min |
| May 11, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 33 min |
| May 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 31 min |
| May 11, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 51 min |
| May 11, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 35 min |
| May 11, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 49 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.