Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 2002Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2002, 8:02 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chattooga County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2002-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1351 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

450 
WUUS52 KFFC 010002
SVRATL
GAC055-010045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF TRION...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LYERLY...    
  SUMMERVILLE AND TRION.

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 3458 8550 3458 8511 3444 8520 3433 8543

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker24 min
Jul 1, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding22 min
Jul 1, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall19 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall29 min
Jul 1, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth31 min
Jul 1, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett34 min
Jul 1, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson28 min
Jul 1, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett29 min
Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray36 min
Jul 1, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.