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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 353, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 14, 2002Telfair County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2002, 5:34 PM EDT for Telfair County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 14, 2002, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2002, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Telfair County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3075 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
3075 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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.

757 
WUUS52 KFFC 142134
SVRATL
GAC271-142200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
533 PM EDT SAT SEP 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCRAE...MOVING NORTH AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HELENA AND
  MCRAE.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR. THIS CAN CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADS.

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 3186 8314 3182 8288 3197 8272 3209 8293
          3199 8310

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding28 min
Sep 14, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd24 min
Sep 14, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee32 min
Sep 14, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke21 min
Sep 14, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon, Pickens33 min
Sep 14, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, White23 min
Sep 14, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield47 min
Sep 14, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns, Union29 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.