Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 358, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 2002, 12:46 AM EST for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 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 11, 2002, 12:46 AM EST (05:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1:08 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, GA | The Cedartown Standard newspaper reported that a few trees were blown down across the county. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 11:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322 WUUS52 KFFC 110546 SVRATL GAC233-110630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1244 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 130 AM EST * AT 1241 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDARTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ARAGON... CEDARTOWN AND ROCKMART. WEAK SHORT LIVED TORNADOES CAN SOMETIMES DEVELOP ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...THE MAIN THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. TAKE COVER NOW EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST. 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 3408 8540 3392 8536 3398 8501 3410 8507
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 10:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 11:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 39 min |
| Nov 10, 11:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 12:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 12:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 85 min |
| Nov 11, 12:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 1:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 1:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 1:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 46 min |
| Nov 11, 1:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 1:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 1:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 64 min |
| Nov 11, 2:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 2:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 60 min |
| Nov 11, 2:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 52 min |
| Nov 11, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 53 min |
| Nov 11, 2:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 2:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 96 min |
| Nov 11, 3:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 3:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 23 min |
| Nov 11, 3:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 3:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 4:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 4:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 55 min |
| Nov 11, 4:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 4:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 63 min |
| Nov 11, 4:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 4:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 4:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 5:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 59 min |
| Nov 11, 5:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 55 min |
| Nov 11, 5:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton | 3 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 5:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 5:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Nov 11, 7:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Nov 11, 7:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 26 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.