Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2002, 4:09 PM EDT for Houston County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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 23, 2002, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2002, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Houston County, GA, Peach County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS52 KFFC 232009
SVRATL
GAC153-225-232045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
409 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BYRON...
CENTERVILLE...PERRY...ROBINS AFB AND WARNER ROBINS.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 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 3243 8365 3242 8349 3265 8359 3267 8378
3245 8379The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 23 min |
| Jul 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 23 min |
| Jul 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 21 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.