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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2002Schley County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2002, 6:07 PM EDT for Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2002, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schley County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.

282 
WUUS52 KFFC 302207
SVRATL
GAC249-302245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCHLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ELLAVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ELLAVILLE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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 3216 8427 3216 8442 3232 8438 3233 8426
          3216 8418 3215 8427

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, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington, Wilkinson35 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

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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.