Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 311, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2002, 5:57 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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 31, 2002, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Emanuel County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Swainsboro, GA | The Emanuel county 911 center reported that some trees were 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
851 WUUS52 KFFC 312157 SVRATL GAC107-312230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 557 PM EDT WED JUL 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SWAINSBORO. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SWAINSBORO. 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 3261 8221 3275 8234 3258 8251 3246 8240
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 22 min |
| Jul 31, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 35 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.