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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 11, 2002Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2002, 5:14 PM EDT for Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
May 11, 2002, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2002, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2002-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 538 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 2002-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 112114
SVRATL
GAC193-112145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
514 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALLVILLE. THE SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MONTEZUMA...
  FIVE POINTS...AND MARSHALLVILLE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS.

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 3228 8392 3243 8402 3248 8389 3243 8385
          3231 8385

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington45 min
May 11, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington30 min
May 11, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris31 min
May 11, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon33 min
May 11, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot42 min
May 11, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford51 min
May 11, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach35 min
May 11, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.