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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 12, 2002Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2002, 6:30 PM EST for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 12, 2002, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2002, 7:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Toombs County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 6:45 PM ESTHail 0.75Vidalia, GAThe Georgia State Patrol 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Jacksonville, FL 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 122330
SVRATL
GAC279-130000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 628 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANTA CLAUS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LYONS...SANTA
CLAUS AND VIDALIA.

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 3197 8249 3195 8238 3219 8219 3233 8240

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, 4:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jasper, Jones, Monroe28 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.