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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 2002Cherokee County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 8:23 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2002, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2107 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 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
2107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 050023
SVRATL
GAC057-121-050100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 821 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALPHARETTA...
ROSWELL AND WOODSTOCK.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson33 min
Jun 4, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett, Hall30 min
Jun 4, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry26 min
Jun 4, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe31 min
Jun 4, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRockdale37 min
Jun 4, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke36 min
Jun 4, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan29 min
Jun 4, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison32 min
Jun 4, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro33 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.