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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

April 28, 2002Rabun County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 7:21 PM EDT for Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
Apr 28, 2002, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Rabun County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 7:30 PM EDTHail 1Clayton, GA

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
Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 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 KGSP 282321
SVRGSP
GAC241-290000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
721 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RABUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...OR
  ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF DILLARD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNTAIN CITY AT 730 PM EDT.
  SKY VALLEY AT 735 PM EDT.
  PINE MOUNTAIN AT 745 PM EDT.

ALTHOUGH TORNADOES HAVE NOT BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
WITHOUT WARNING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL IS THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...BRIEF DAMAGING WINDS COULD ALSO OCCUR.

$$

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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.