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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 2, 2002Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 8:24 PM EDT for Catoosa County, Walker 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
May 2, 2002, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2002, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 8:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Cooper Hgts, GAThe 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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 030024
SVRATL
GAC047-295-030100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
806 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHATTANOOGA
  VALLEY...CHICKAMAUGA...FAIRVIEW...FORT OGLETHORPE...INDIAN 
  SPRINGS...LAKEVIEW...LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...RINGGOLD AND ROSSVILLE.

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 3499 8536 3479 8544 3478 8514 3500 8497

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker53 min
May 2, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield33 min
May 3, 6:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga35 min
May 3, 6:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson28 min
May 3, 7:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Paulding19 min
May 3, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas30 min
May 3, 7:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton33 min
May 3, 7:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb22 min
May 3, 8:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb43 min
May 3, 8:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson34 min
May 3, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson30 min
May 3, 8:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll42 min
May 3, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard47 min
May 3, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Polk49 min
May 3, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard52 min
May 3, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren40 min
May 3, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta38 min
May 3, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Henry44 min
May 3, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike, Spalding42 min
May 3, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper22 min
May 3, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren48 min
May 3, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam44 min
May 3, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar42 min
May 3, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington49 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.