Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2002, 6:25 PM EDT for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 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, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2002, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
241 WUUS52 KFFC 232225 SVRATL GAC053-215-232300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MUSCOGEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COLUMBUS... FORT BENNING AND CUSSETA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 3227 8477 3247 8463 3259 8483 3240 8497
The 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, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 36 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, 6:46 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.