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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 11, 2002Greene County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2002, 4:49 AM EST for Greene County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
Nov 11, 2002, 4:49 AM EST (09:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 2002, 5:30 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, GA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 11, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 text

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

864 
WFUS52 KFFC 110949
TORATL
GAC133-111015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA

* UNTIL 515 AM EST

* AT 445 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER GREENSBORO...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT
  ANY TIME.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREENSBORO...
UNION POINT AND WOODVILLE.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID 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 3368 8330 3352 8318 3366 8302 3371 8317

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, 2:54 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton96 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.