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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 2002Bibb County, Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2002, 7:55 PM EDT for Bibb County, Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2002, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 31, 8:20 PM EDTHail 0.75Macon, GAThe public reported dime size hail in the Barrington Hall subdivision of Macon.
Jul 31, 8:20 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMacon, GASeveral reports of trees down were received from the public and the county 911 center of trees down in the Barrington Hall subdivision of Macon and five miles northwest of Macon. A lone tree was reported down west of Lizella near the Crawford county line.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

980 
WUUS52 KFFC 312355
SVRATL
GAC021-079-010030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF PAYNE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10   
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MACON...PAYNE
AND ROBERTA.

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.

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, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene29 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

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.