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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 30, 2002Morgan County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2002, 3:33 PM EDT for Morgan County, Georgia. It was in force for 17 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 30, 2002, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2002, 3:50 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morgan County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 30, 3:44 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Madison, GA	The Morgan 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 1269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 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.

053 
WUUS52 KFFC 301933
SVRATL
GAC211-301950-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 350 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN MADISON AND BUCKHEAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 
10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUCKHEAD. 

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 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 3361 8333 3358 8354 3345 8351 3351 8330

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb, Fulton	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.