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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 6, 2002Webster County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2002, 4:34 PM EDT for Webster County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 6, 2002, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2002-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1211 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2002-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 062034
SVRATL
GAC307-062100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
432 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL AFFECT THOSE IN WESTON AND LEVERETTES.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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 3201 8458 3194 8447 3195 8445 3200 8448

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair29 min
Jul 6, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington34 min
Jul 6, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson22 min
Jul 6, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel33 min
Jul 6, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs43 min
Jul 6, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite24 min
Jul 6, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson24 min
Jul 6, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall35 min
Jul 6, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson41 min
Jul 6, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston, Peach35 min
Jul 6, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair, Wheeler36 min
Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly30 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.