Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2002, 5:11 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 19 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
- Jul 1, 2002, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652
WUUS52 KFFC 012111
SVRATL
GAC139-012130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL HALL COUNTY...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL
NORTHERN HALL COUNTY.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE 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 3441 8368 3449 8369 3438 8396 3423 8375
3429 8367The 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, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.