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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 11, 2002Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2002, 2:54 AM EST for Forsyth County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 96 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2002, 2:54 AM EST (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 2002, 4:30 AM EST
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 11, 3:00 AM ESTThunderstorm WindCoal Mtn, GAThe Forsyth county Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were blown down in the far northern part of the county, north of Coal Mountain.
Nov 11, 3:39 AM ESTHail 0.75Alpharetta, GAThe Fulton county 911 center reported dime size hail.
Nov 11, 3:46 AM ESTThunderstorm WindAtlanta, GAThe Fulton county Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down in the North Atlanta and Buckhead areas. The Alpharetta/Roswell Neighbor newspaper reported that a large oak tree, covering an area of approximately 20 feet by 20 feet

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
Nov 10, 11:05 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1907 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 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
1907 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
11.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 10:42 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDade48 min
Nov 10, 11:06 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCWalker39 min
Nov 10, 11:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa40 min
Nov 11, 12:32 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCFloyd43 min
Nov 11, 12:35 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCFloyd85 min
Nov 11, 12:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk44 min
Nov 11, 12:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris34 min
Nov 11, 1:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow37 min
Nov 11, 1:27 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow48 min
Nov 11, 1:44 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCPolk46 min
Nov 11, 1:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson27 min
Nov 11, 1:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens40 min
Nov 11, 1:58 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCPaulding47 min
Nov 11, 2:11 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow64 min
Nov 11, 2:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin48 min
Nov 11, 2:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson, Paulding60 min
Nov 11, 2:23 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb52 min
Nov 11, 2:37 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCLumpkin, White53 min
Nov 11, 2:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton27 min
Nov 11, 3:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPike24 min
Nov 11, 3:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb23 min
Nov 11, 3:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall43 min
Nov 11, 3:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett32 min
Nov 11, 4:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard27 min
Nov 11, 4:05 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper55 min
Nov 11, 4:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks38 min
Nov 11, 4:12 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCMorgan63 min
Nov 11, 4:41 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCJasper34 min
Nov 11, 4:42 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCButts, Henry, Newton33 min
Nov 11, 4:49 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCGreene41 min
Nov 11, 5:01 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe59 min
Nov 11, 5:05 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCMorgan55 min
Nov 11, 5:14 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCNewton3 hr
Nov 11, 5:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes44 min
Nov 11, 5:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro27 min
Nov 11, 5:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Wilkes46 min
Nov 11, 7:34 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson26 min
Nov 11, 7:34 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCJefferson26 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.