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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 22, 2002Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 6:52 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 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 22, 2002, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2002, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bartow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 7:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCartersville, GAThe Bartow county 911 center reported that five trees were blown down.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2002-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 725 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2002-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

443 
WUUS52 KFFC 222252
SVRATL
GAC015-222330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
652 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF WHITE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ADAIRSVILLE... 
  CARTERSVILLE...EUHARLEE...KINGSTON AND WHITE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3427 8503 3439 8499 3439 8480 3418 8469
          3410 8504

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.