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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 4, 2002Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 11:13 PM EDT for Madison 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, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 11:20 PM EDT	Hail 1	Danielsville, GA	The Madison county 911 center reported quarter size hail.
Jun 4, 11:20 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville, GA	The Madison county 911 center reported that several tree limbs were blown off trees from Danielsville to Hull.
Jun 4, 11:55 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Bowersville, GA	Some trees were 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 050313
SVRATL
GAC195-050345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1113 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DANIELSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... 
COLBERT...DANIELSVILLE...DIAMOND HILL AND ILA.

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 3412 8339 3399 8324 3424 8290 3440 8310

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, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall	30 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, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Greene, Taliaferro	33 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.