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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 11, 2002Stewart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2002, 8:02 PM EDT for Stewart County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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: May 11, 2002, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stewart County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 11, 8:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Lumpkin, GA	The Stewart county 911 center reported several trees down on Georgia Highway 27 west of Lumpkin and also near County Line.

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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 120002
SVRATL
GAC259-120045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUMPKIN...MOVING NORTHWEST
  AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LUMPKIN AND
  PROVIDENCE CANYON STATE PARK.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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. EXCESSIVE 
LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 3181 8487 3198 8470 3220 8495 3200 8518

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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.