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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2002Washington County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2002, 4:10 PM EDT for Washington County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 30, 2002, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2002, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2002-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1860 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

341 
WUUS52 KFFC 302010
SVRATL
GAC303-319-302045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEEPSTEP TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  OCONEE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...DEEPSTEP...
  IRWINTON...MCINTYRE...OCONEE AND TOOMSBORO.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 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 3278 8276 3290 8290 3310 8283 3306 8304
          3299 8303 3294 8308 3299 8313 3297 8321
          3282 8326 3265 8308 3269 8299 3276 8293
          3281 8282

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Upson47 min
Jun 30, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCSchley38 min
Jun 30, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard44 min
Jun 30, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Peach39 min
Jun 30, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTroup46 min
Jun 30, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd25 min
Jun 30, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon30 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.