Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 7:29 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 28, 2002, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chattooga County, GA, Walker County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:35 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Trion, GA | The public reported quarter size hail in Trion and the Chattooga county sheriff reported dime size hail in Welcome Hill, northwest of Trion. |
| Apr 28, 7:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Center Post, GA | The Walker County Messenger reported golf ball 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104 WUUS52 KFFC 282329 SVRATL GAC055-295-290000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 729 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TRION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TRION. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 3473 8538 3452 8547 3443 8523 3460 8509
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 22 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.