Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 6:32 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 3, 2002, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Montgomery County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Kibbee, GA | The Montgomery county 911 center reported that a few trees were 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 nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
748 WUUS52 KFFC 032232 SVRATL GAC209-032300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HIGGSTON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT HAD A TENDENCY TO DRIFT SLOWLY WEST. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...AILEY... ALSTON...HIGGSTON...MOUNT VERNON AND UVALDA. 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 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 3229 8264 3202 8256 3203 8249 3232 8245 $$ RAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 21 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.