Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Forsyth County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cumming, GA | The Forsyth county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines had been 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
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 050030 SVRATL GAC117-135-139-050100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 829 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FORSYTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 826 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CUMMING...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUFORD... CUMMING...FLOWERY BRANCH...GAINESVILLE...GAINESVILLE MILLS... OAKWOOD...REST HAVEN...SUGAR HILL...SUWANEE AND WESTSIDE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.