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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 12, 20024 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2002, 4:47 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2002, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2002, 5:15 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bibb County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2002-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 122147
SVRATL
GAC021-159-169-207-122215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
446 PM EST TUE MAR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  WESTERN JONES COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 436 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 29 MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MONTICELLO.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE 
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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 3293 8384 3284 8365 3312 8349 3332 8371

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Macon, Peach27 min
Mar 12, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Crawford25 min
Mar 12, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCToombs30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.