Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 3:42 PM EST for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 31, 2002, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Laurens County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Dublin, GA | The Laurens county 911 center reported that a few power lines were 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 312042 SVRATL GAC175-312115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 342 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LAURENS COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 415 PM EST * AT 336 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DUBLIN AND EAST DUBLIN. 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 3255 8304 3242 8289 3259 8269 3265 8295
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Henry, Rockdale | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 25 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.