Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2002, 8:29 PM EDT for Fannin County, Gilmer County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 27, 2002, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Blue Ridge, GA | The Fannin county 911 center reported that two 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 280029 SVRATL GAC111-123-280100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 828 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH LOCATED OVER ELLIJAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BLUE RIDGE... EAST ELLIJAY...ELLIJAY...MINERAL BLUFF AND MORGANTON. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Paulding | 15 min |
| Jun 27, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.