Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2002, 5:31 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 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), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
693 WUUS52 KFFC 012131 SVRATL GAC139-012200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 529 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GAINESVILLE...GAINESVILLE MILLS...OAKWOOD AND WESTSIDE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 3430 8364 3443 8381 3423 8396 3419 8377
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, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 22 min |
| Jul 1, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 19 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.