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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 2002Paulding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2002, 5:08 PM EDT for Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2002, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Paulding County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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
Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDT	Hail 1	Dallas, GA	Several reports were received from the public of dime to quarter size hail.

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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 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.

653 
WUUS52 KFFC 012108
SVRATL
GAC223-012130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HIRAM...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DALLAS AND
HIRAM.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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 3385 8473 3404 8475 3390 8503 3378 8487

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattooga	43 min
Jun 30, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walker	24 min
Jul 1, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	19 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hall	29 min
Jul 1, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Forsyth	31 min
Jul 1, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	34 min
Jul 1, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson	28 min
Jul 1, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	29 min
Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray	36 min
Jul 1, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd	33 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.