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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 10, 2002Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2002, 5:29 PM EST for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 10, 2002, 5:29 PM EST (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 6:00 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jones County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 5:43 PM ESTHail 0.75Gray, GAThe public reported dime size hail.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 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 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 102229
SVRATL
GAC169-102300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 523 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF GRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM 
INCLUDE...GRAY...ARKWRIGHT...AND CLINTON

LARGE HAIL UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE...AS 
WELL AS WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3313 8379 3288 8363 3292 8335 3319 8347

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 4:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar31 min
Nov 10, 5:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.