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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 4:56 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 4, 2002, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Catoosa County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:02 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ringgold, GA | The public reported dime size hail. |
| Jun 4, 5:02 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Ringgold, GA | The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 mph. |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429 WUUS52 KFFC 042056 SVRATL GAC047-042130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 455 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER INDIAN SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT OGLETHORPE...INDIAN SPRINGS...LAKEVIEW AND RINGGOLD. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3486 8525 3488 8503 3511 8506 3508 8531
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stewart | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley, Sumter | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 41 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.