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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 2002Meriwether County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 6:28 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 6:30 PM EDTHail 0.88Thunder, GAAn amateur radio operator reported nickel size hail and the Upson county Emergency Management Director reported dime size hail.
Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMolena, GAAn amateur radio operator reported that trees and power lines were down in downtown Molena at the intersection of Georgia Highways 109 and 18.
Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindThunder, GAAn amateur radio operator reported that trees were blown down in the Thundering Springs, Camp Thunder area of extreme northwest Upson county.

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1014 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 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
1014 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

670 
WUUS52 KFFC 042228
SVRATL
GAC199-231-293-042300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
627 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN UPSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MOLENA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CONCORD...
GAY...MOLENA...WILLIAMSON AND ZEBULON.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 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 3295 8459 3293 8435 3318 8432 3322 8460

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Dodge42 min
Jun 3, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Pulaski33 min
Jun 4, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion34 min
Jun 4, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStewart35 min
Jun 4, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee24 min
Jun 4, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion23 min
Jun 4, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Muscogee29 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa34 min
Jun 4, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard26 min
Jun 4, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup27 min
Jun 4, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard24 min
Jun 4, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon33 min
Jun 4, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta42 min
Jun 4, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon, Schley, Sumter25 min
Jun 4, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton37 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb41 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.