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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 315, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 2002Greene County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2002, 7:01 PM EDT for Greene County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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 31, 2002, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2002, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2002-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

475 
WUUS52 KFFC 312301
SVRATL
GAC133-312330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
701 PM EDT WED JUL 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GREENSBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREENSBORO...
SILOAM...UNION POINT AND WOODVILLE.

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 3366 8306 3369 8328 3340 8315 3350 8303

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd31 min
Jul 31, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd23 min
Jul 31, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb26 min
Jul 31, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel35 min
Jul 31, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCNewton29 min
Jul 31, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel33 min
Jul 31, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene26 min
Jul 31, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene23 min
Jul 31, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery36 min
Jul 31, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson32 min
Jul 31, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock26 min
Jul 31, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson32 min
Jul 31, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe22 min
Jul 31, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford35 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.