Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Jul 2, 2002, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, GA, Putnam County, GA

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.

037 
WUUS52 KFFC 022124
SVRATL
GAC133-237-022200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF EATONTON...MOVING WEST AT 10   
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EATONTON.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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 3322 8328 3348 8313 3344 8350 3321 8347

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.