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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 2002Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2002, 8:13 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 31, 8:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandersville, GA	The Washington county sheriff and the county 911 center reported that several 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 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.

629 
WUUS52 KFFC 010013
SVRATL
GAC303-010045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 808 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HARRISON THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DAVISBORO...
HARRISON...RIDDLEVILLE...SANDERSVILLE AND TENNILLE.

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 3303 8291 3278 8284 3282 8256 3304 8261

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington, Wilkinson	36 min
Jul 31, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Twiggs	32 min
Aug 1, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	42 min
Aug 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Warren	33 min
Aug 1, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Taliaferro	33 min

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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.