Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Nov 11, 2002, 1:23 AM EST (06:23 UTC)

Expired

Nov 11, 2002, 2:00 AM EST

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bartow County, GA

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.

095 
WUUS52 KFFC 110623
SVRATL
GAC015-110700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
123 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 200 AM EST

* AT 121 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH
  LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WHITE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ADAIRSVILLE...CARTERSVILLE...EUHARLEE...KINGSTON AND WHITE.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

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

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 3436 8500 3414 8496 3414 8469 3439 8474

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

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.