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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 31, 2002Dodge County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 3:05 PM EST for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2002, 3:05 PM EST (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2002, 3:30 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dodge County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 1:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2002-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

622 
WUUS52 KFFC 312005
SVRATL
GAC091-312030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
304 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 301 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DODGE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

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 3232 8328 3215 8338 3224 8303 3237 8315

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 8:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fulton35 min
Mar 30, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale29 min
Mar 31, 1:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton32 min
Mar 31, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb36 min
Mar 31, 2:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett24 min
Mar 31, 2:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSumter40 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens33 min

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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.