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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 279, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 7, 2002Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2002, 2:07 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2002, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2002, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Toombs County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 7, 2:16 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, GA	The Toombs county sheriff reported that numerous trees were down across the county, especially the southern part.

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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 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 071807
SVRATL
GAC279-071830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
207 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA CLAUS...MOVING WEST
  AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LYONS...SANTA
CLAUS AND VIDALIA.

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 3200 8218 3226 8221 3226 8244 3197 8248

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston	22 min
Jul 6, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Pulaski	45 min
Jul 7, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Meriwether	49 min
Jul 7, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly	36 min
Jul 7, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Chattahoochee, Muscogee	47 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.