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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 283, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 21, 2002Emanuel County, Jefferson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2002, 2:19 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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 21, 2002, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Emanuel County, GA, Jefferson County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 21, 2:32 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Blundale, GA	The Emanuel county 911 center reported dime 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 nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 1664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 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.

502 
WUUS52 KFFC 211819
SVRATL
GAC107-163-211845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
217 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHWESTERN EMANUEL 
  COUNTY BETWEEN WADLEY AND SWAINSBORO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL NORTH
  EMANUEL COUNTY AND SOUTH JEFFERSON COUNTY.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 3267 8237 3269 8249 3275 8243 3281 8249
          3283 8237

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	30 min
Jul 21, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Washington	33 min
Jul 21, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Upson	28 min
Jul 21, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Macon, Peach	27 min
Jul 21, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Harris, Muscogee	35 min
Jul 21, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	39 min
Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	40 min
Jul 21, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding	30 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.