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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 10, 2002Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2002, 4:28 PM EDT for Taliaferro County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
May 10, 2002, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Taliaferro County, GA, Warren County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2002-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 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 2002-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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 102028
SVRATL
GAC265-301-102100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
426 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TALIAFERRO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SHARON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CAMAK...
NORWOOD AND SHARON.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 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 3364 8285 3348 8291 3339 8262 3359 8256

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Walton46 min
May 10, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson35 min
May 10, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard34 min
May 10, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee29 min
May 10, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene24 min
May 10, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton28 min
May 10, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll25 min
May 10, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry33 min
May 10, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro44 min
May 10, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll25 min
May 10, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, DeKalb47 min
May 10, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton25 min
May 10, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Putnam37 min
May 10, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry29 min
May 10, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton37 min
May 10, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb34 min
May 10, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett43 min
May 10, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson26 min
May 10, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Hall35 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.