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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 12, 2002Crawford County, Macon County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2002, 3:48 PM EST for Crawford County, Macon County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 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: Mar 12, 2002, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2002, 4:15 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, GA, Macon County, GA, Peach County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 12, 3:50 PM EST	Hail 1	Zenith, GA	The public reported quarter size hail near U.S. Highway 341 and House Road.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 390 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 122048
SVRATL
GAC079-193-225-122115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
347 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  PEACH COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 337 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MARSHALLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BYRON...FORT
VALLEY AND MARSHALLVILLE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 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 3247 8408 3238 8398 3263 8372 3278 8388

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 4:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Crawford	25 min
Mar 12, 4:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones, Monroe	28 min
Mar 12, 6:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Toombs	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.