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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 2002Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2002, 8:21 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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 27, 2002, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2002-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1134 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 2002-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 280021
SVRATL
GAC121-280045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
821 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF PALMETTO...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COLLEGE
PARK...EAST POINT...FAIRBURN...HAPEVILLE...PALMETTO AND UNION CITY.

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 27, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Paulding15 min
Jun 27, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether, Troup36 min
Jun 27, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.