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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 2, 2002DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 5:10 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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 2, 2002, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2002, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 5:43 PM EDTHail 0.75Countywide, GAThe public reported dime size hail at several locations across the county.

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2002-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 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 2002-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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.

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 022110
SVRATL
GAC089-135-022145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHWESTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STONE MOUNTAIN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOUNTAIN
PARK...PINE LAKE...STONE MOUNTAIN AND TUCKER.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 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 3378 8405 3391 8420 3382 8427 3373 8413

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson25 min
Jul 2, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall28 min
Jul 2, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth34 min
Jul 2, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard23 min
Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton35 min
Jul 2, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 min
Jul 2, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock25 min
Jul 2, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin36 min
Jul 2, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb29 min
Jul 2, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll25 min
Jul 2, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock21 min
Jul 2, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones31 min
Jul 2, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee28 min
Jul 2, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Putnam36 min
Jul 2, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson32 min
Jul 2, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton46 min
Jul 2, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk30 min
Jul 2, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp29 min
Jul 2, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe26 min
Jul 2, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton41 min
Jul 2, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding36 min
Jul 2, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette38 min
Jul 2, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb34 min
Jul 2, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry47 min
Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe30 min
Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas45 min
Jul 2, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford38 min
Jul 2, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll36 min
Jul 2, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro34 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson40 min
Jul 2, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson33 min
Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes45 min
Jul 2, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot36 min
Jul 2, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris46 min
Jul 2, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll43 min
Jul 2, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson26 min
Jul 2, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether27 min
Jul 2, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUpson31 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.