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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 31, 2002Washington County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2002, 8:44 PM EDT for Washington County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 2002, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2002, 9:20 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Washington County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2002-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 987 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 00:00Z on 2002-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
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.

293 
WUUS52 KFFC 010044
SVRATL
GAC303-319-010120-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 920 PM EDT

* AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH   
LOCATED OVER OCONEE...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...IRWINTON...
MCINTYRE...OCONEE AND TOOMSBORO.

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 31, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington32 min
Jul 31, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs32 min
Aug 1, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta42 min
Aug 1, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren33 min
Aug 1, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro33 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.