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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 13, 2002Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2002, 6:10 PM EDT for Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 13, 2002, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 6:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindOglethorpe, GAThe Macon county sheriff reported that several trees were down in the cities of Oglethorpe and Montezuma.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2002-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 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 2002-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 132210
SVRATL
GAC193-132245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
609 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OGLETHORPE...NEAR IDEAL...
  MOVING EAST 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...IDEAL AND
  OGLETHORPE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM TORNADOES CAN AND SOMETIMES DO DEVELOP
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND VIOLENT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH
AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

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 3248 8412 3231 8422 3227 8406 3245 8398

$$

RAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker44 min
May 13, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee26 min
May 13, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Towns, Union36 min
May 13, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton22 min
May 13, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Forsyth, Hall36 min
May 13, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton33 min
May 13, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett38 min
May 13, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette34 min
May 13, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett31 min
May 13, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard29 min
May 13, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson36 min
May 13, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Jackson31 min
May 13, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee, Walton40 min
May 13, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Madison, Oconee, Walton37 min
May 13, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe36 min
May 13, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes28 min
May 13, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro29 min
May 13, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaylor34 min
May 13, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro, Warren24 min
May 13, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon29 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.