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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 16, 2002Macon County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2002, 3:04 PM EST for Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2002, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2002, 3:35 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Macon County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2002-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 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 2002-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KFFC 162004
SVRATL
GAC193-162035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
302 PM EST SAT MAR 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 335 PM EST

* AT 259 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF IDEAL...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 
UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...IDEAL...
MONTEZUMA AND OGLETHORPE.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

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 3218 8407 3219 8413 3223 8414 3223 8421
          3231 8424 3238 8423 3227 8393

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 2:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.