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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Jacksonville, FL

July 23, 2002Camden County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2002, 5:32 PM EDT for Camden County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 23, 2002, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Camden County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm WindKingsland, GALarge trees and power lines down on Springhill Road.

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 nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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.

418 
WUUS52 KJAX 232132
SVRJAX
GAC039-232215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
532 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 532 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HARRIETTS BLUFF...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSLAND...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOVER BLUFF AT 615 PM EDT.

HAIL...INTENSE LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.

$$

LAT...LON 3083 8174 3073 8156 3096 8136 3110 8159

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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.