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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 4:22 AM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 38 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
- May 1, 2002, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:40 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Rydal, GA | The public reported dime size hail in Rydal. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KFFC 010822 SVRATL GAC015-057-129-227-010900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 421 AM EDT WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA PICKENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BARTOW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA EASTERN GORDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA * UNTIL 500 AM EDT * AT 416 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL LOCATED FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF RANGER TO 8 MILES WEST OF ADAIRSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... ADAIRSVILLE...CARTERSVILLE...FAIRMOUNT...JASPER...KINGSTON... RANGER...TALKING ROCK...WALESKA AND WHITE. DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 5 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE 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 3461 8478 3435 8503 3409 8488 3445 8429
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 29 min |
| May 1, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 33 min |
| May 1, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 20 min |
| May 1, 3:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon | 47 min |
| May 1, 4:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.