Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2002, 3:24 PM EDT for Dawson County, Forsyth County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 13, 2002, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2002, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:52 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Flowery Branch, GA | The public reported that several large trees, up to 2 feet in diameter, had been blown down. |
| May 13, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumming, GA | The Forsyth county 911 center reported that trees and power lines had been blown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 131924
SVRATL
GAC085-117-139-132000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
324 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 65 MPH
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUMMING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLERMONT...
CUMMING...FLOWERY BRANCH...GAINESVILLE...GAINESVILLE MILLS...
GILLSVILLE...LULA...OAKWOOD AND WESTSIDE.
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. TAKE COVER NOW
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 3450 8367 3440 8367 3430 8363 3410 8385
3418 8407 3407 8414 3412 8426 3437 8425
3442 8396 3450 8384The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 44 min |
| May 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 26 min |
| May 13, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union | 36 min |
| May 13, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 22 min |
| May 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 33 min |
| May 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 38 min |
| May 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 34 min |
| May 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 31 min |
| May 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 29 min |
| May 13, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Jackson | 36 min |
| May 13, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Jackson | 31 min |
| May 13, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Walton | 40 min |
| May 13, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee, Walton | 37 min |
| May 13, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| May 13, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 28 min |
| May 13, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 29 min |
| May 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 34 min |
| May 13, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 35 min |
| May 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro, Warren | 24 min |
| May 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.