Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2002, 3:09 AM EDT for Bibb County, Crawford County, Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 29, 2002, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2002, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Monroe County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:24 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Lizella, GA | The 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 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1915 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
709 WUUS52 KFFC 290709 SVRATL GAC021-079-207-290745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 308 AM EDT MON APR 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA CRAWFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA * UNTIL 345 AM EDT * AT 257 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAYNE TO CULLODEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CULLODEN... MACON...PAYNE AND ROBERTA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND 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 3301 8382 3287 8414 3258 8403 3281 8352
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Fulton | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale, Walton | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 10:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 1:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 2:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe | 33 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.