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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2002Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 6:16 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Jun 3, 2002, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2002-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 857 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2002-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

405 
WUUS52 KFFC 032216
SVRATL
GAC107-032245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
614 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TWIN CITY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TWIN CITY...
  SWAINSBORO...DURDENVILLE...AND MODOC.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA. INTENSE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE 
EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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 8220 3263 8208 3272 8242 3251 8254

$$

RAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery28 min
Jun 3, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery23 min
Jun 3, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens21 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.