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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 3, 2002Montgomery County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 6:52 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2002, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 922 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

984 
WUUS52 KFFC 032252
SVRATL
GAC209-032315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HIGGSTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HIGGSTON.

DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 60 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND 
HAIL. GO TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

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 3227 8265 3211 8251 3229 8240 3234 8249

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel29 min
Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery28 min
Jun 3, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge, Laurens21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.