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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 3, 2002Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2002, 3:26 PM EDT for Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 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 3, 2002, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 3:51 PM EDTHail 1.75Felton, GAThe Haralson county 911 center reported golf ball 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2002-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 031926
SVRATL
GAC143-233-032015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
325 PM EDT FRI MAY 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HARALSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDARTOWN...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ARAGON...
CEDARTOWN AND ROCKMART.

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 3398 8550 3380 8547 3384 8503 3407 8502

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, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker36 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, 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

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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.