Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 7:48 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 2, 2002, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Meriwether County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Warm Spgs, GA | An amateur radio operator reported that two trees were blown down. |
| Jul 2, 8:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Warm Spgs, GA | The Meriwether county 911 center reported that twelve trees were blown down and some power lines as well. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887 WUUS52 KFFC 022348 SVRATL GAC199-030015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 747 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 743 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WARM SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREENVILLE... MANCHESTER...WARM SPRINGS AND WOODBURY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 3282 8459 3300 8453 3308 8484 3289 8485
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 21 min |
| Jul 2, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Putnam | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.