Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2002, 6:24 PM EDT for 11 counties in Florida; 14 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 126 days. 60 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
- Aug 27, 2002, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2002, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 126 days
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
All 25 counties
Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Marion County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Bristol, GA | |
| Oct 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas, GA | Large trees down on power lines Highway 158. Hail of unknown size also reported. |
| Oct 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Offerman, GA | Large tree down on mobile home destroying it. Highway 84 and Railroad Lane. |
| Oct 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Dixie Union, GA | |
| Oct 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Screvan, GA | Weak F0, very brief touchdown. Stand of pine trees snapped off and twisted 3-8 feet above ground, average base diameter of the trees reported to be 14 inches. |
| Oct 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Offerman, GA | Hail covered ground to a depth of three inches. |
| Oct 21, 5:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Offerman, GA | Numerous trees down on north end of town. Numerous mobile homes and houses damaged. Several houses had roofs torn off them. |
| Oct 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Nahunta, GA | |
| Oct 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Nahunta, GA | Large trees blown down on power lines. |
| Oct 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Bristol, GA | |
| Oct 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Blackshear, GA | |
| Oct 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Blackshear, GA | Large trees down on houses. Highway 84 closed due to downed trees. |
| Oct 21, 5:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Thalmann, GA | Large trees down on power lines. Power lines down. |
| Oct 21, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly, GA | Large trees and power lines down. |
| Oct 21, 6:52 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Yulee, FL | |
| Oct 21, 7:20 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Fernandina Beach, FL | |
| Oct 21, 7:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | St Marys, GA | |
| Oct 21, 7:38 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Yulee, FL | |
| Nov 5, 11:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Ambrose, GA | Large trees down on power lines, poles down. |
| Nov 5, 11:45 PM EST | Tornado F0 | Baxley, GA | Along Ben Carter Road in Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park. Three mobile homes destroyed and four damaged. Two wood frame residential structures damaged. Pine trees snapped off and twisted. Numerous power lines down. |
| Nov 6, 3:15 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Odum, GA | Numerous large trees down on Brantley Road (Off Highway 301) near McKinnon. Large trees down in Odum. |
| Nov 6, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Needmore, GA | Trees blown down along highway 94 between Needmore and Fargo. Discontinuous 200 Yard wide debris field reported. |
| Nov 6, 5:03 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper, FL | Large trees down over road and on power lines at SW 99th Street in Jasper. |
| Nov 6, 5:19 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper, FL | Large trees down on NW 44th Street in Jasper. |
| Nov 6, 5:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | St Marys, GA | Large trees down across various portions of the city. |
| Nov 6, 5:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Ft Mudge, GA | Many large trees down on power lines. |
| Nov 6, 5:40 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Moniac, GA | Many large trees down across power lines. |
| Nov 12, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Willacoochee, GA | Brief tornado touchdown along Highway 82. Several tree tops snapped and twisted. Several large trees down across roadway. |
| Nov 12, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado F2 | Douglas, GA | Tornado touched down in field along the Atkinson-Coffee County line near Marshal Corbet Road. Just inside of Coffee county one wood frame structure had a portion of its roof removed. Three large 100 yard long chicken houses were totally destroyed and machine |
| Nov 12, 8:20 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Alma, GA | One mobile home destroyed and a portion of the roof of an adjacent wood frame structure removed. Several large trees down across roadway. Several tree tops snapped off and twisted. Debris wrapped around tree tops. |
| Nov 12, 8:40 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Grove, GA | Several large trees down across highway 341. |
| Nov 12, 11:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City, FL | Several large trees down across roadways and power lines. |
| Nov 12, 12:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor, FL | Several large trees blown down across roadways and power lines. |
| Dec 20, 3:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Broxton, GA | Large trees down across power lines with power lines downed. |
| Dec 24, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Nicholls, GA | Brief touchdown. Trees and power poles snapped off with power lines downed. |
| Dec 24, 10:25 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Hazelhurst, GA | Brief touchdown. Trees down on power lines with power lines down. Power poles snapped off above ground. |
| Dec 24, 10:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearson, GA | Numerous trees down along Hwy 441 north and south of Pearson. |
| Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Homerville, GA | Roof blown off of house at Hwy 441. Spotter reports of severe winds. |
| Dec 24, 10:35 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Needmore, GA | Several large Oak trees down in NWS Co-op Observer's yard. |
| Dec 24, 10:35 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Willacoochee, GA | Numerous trees and power lines downed. EMA reported event due to straight line winds. |
| Dec 24, 10:40 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 58 E | Countywide, GA | Numerous trees and power lines down across county. Several barns lost roofs due to straight line winds. Winds estimated by EMA. |
| Dec 24, 10:50 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma, GA | Several barns lost roofs. |
| Dec 24, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Alma, GA | House damaged by 16 inch diameter tree. Numerous trees down. 2 mile long path about 100 yards wide. |
| Dec 24, 10:55 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Alma, GA | Numerous trees snapped off and down along Hwy 23. |
| Dec 24, 11:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, GA | Numerous large trees down in town of Baxley. Mobile home on State Road 15 4 miles south of Baxley flipped with one injured. Edsel Lewis road, 6 miles south of Baxley, closed due to tree damage. |
| Dec 24, 11:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Homerville, GA | Numerous large trees and power lines down along the Thelma Highway. |
| Dec 24, 11:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Alma, GA | Large trees down across highway or damaged along Hwy 23 north of Alma |
| Dec 24, 11:04 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Baxley Muni Arpt, GA | Brief touchdown. |
| Dec 24, 11:10 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Homerville, GA | Multiple large trees down one on a house. |
| Dec 24, 11:25 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Madray Spgs, GA | Two large Pecan trees down and portion of roof blown off. Possible tornado. |
| Dec 24, 11:25 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper, FL | Numerous large trees and power lines down across road |
| Dec 24, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Schlatterville, GA | Brief touchdown in Laura Walker State Park. |
| Dec 24, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Jesup, GA | Brief touchdown near Mallard Pie Road. |
| Dec 24, 11:43 AM EST | Tornado F1 | Winokur, GA | Structural damage to buildings in Homeland, Camp Pickney and Winokur. Shop roof off in Winokur. Numerous trees down with a .5 mile damage path. |
| Dec 24, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Bristol, GA | Trees and power poles snapped off near ground. Large trees down on power lines. |
| Dec 24, 11:50 AM EST | Tornado F0 | Folkston, GA | Residents reported tornado on the ground. Two homes on Camp Pickney Road damaged. Right mover moving down State Road 40 into Camden County. |
| Dec 24, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado F0 | St Marys, GA | Same system as in Charlton County. Two roofs partially off homes near Colrane Road and 1/2 of a roof missing from house at Natures End near Point Peter. Large trees over in yard. |
| Dec 24, 11:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Lulaton, GA | Large trees down near Satilla River. |
| Dec 24, 12:10 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol, GA | Large trees down across two mobile homes. Some structural damage. |
| Dec 24, 12:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilliard, FL | Three mile wide swath of straight line winds with numerous trees and power lines down. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 27, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 150 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002 CURRENTLY...SFC LOW ANALYZED OVER THE WSTRN FL PANHANDLE WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SW-NE FRM TLH TO DOUGLAS AND CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. ALOFT AN H5 LOW WAS CENTERED OVER KY & TN FILTERING A SWATH OF DRY AIR OVER AL & SW GA. SEVERAL VORT LOBES REFLECTED AS WEAK SFC TROUGHS ARE ROTATING OVER THE SE REGION AROUND THE STHRN PERIPHERY OF THE MID/UPR LOWS. MORN CONVECTION ACROSS THE WSTRN FL PENINSULA HAS SHIFTED SWRD WITH BLOW-OFF CI BLANKETING MUCH OF THE AREA HOLDING OFF DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION...BUT STILL ANTICIPATE COVERAGE TO FILL-ON OVER THE GA CWFA AND EASTERN FL ZONES DUE TO PVA AND AFTN THERMAL INSTABILITY. TEMPS REPORTED IN THE MID 80S UNDER S-SW FLOW. TONIGHT...UPR LOW OVER TN AND SFC LOW/TROUGH OVER S AL THROUGH THE FL PANHANDLE REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. PVA ACROSS GA COUNTIES MAY TRIGGER SOME NOCTURNAL SHRA AND SFC CONVERGENCE ON THE S SIDE OF THE LOW OVER SE AL MAY SPAWN ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ACROSS FL ZONES. WILL WORD FOR CHC ALL ZONES TONIGHT AND MO CLDY CONDITIONS...BECOMING PARTLY CLDY OVERNIGHT. WED & THU...THE SFC AND UPR LOWS POSITION THEMSELVES OVER THE NTHRN GULF COAST STATES IN THE BASE OF A STRONGLY AMPLIFIED H3 TROUGH...AS UPR LVL RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE EASTERN CONUS FROM THE ATLANTIC. MEAN LAYER MOISTURE DECREASES WITH PWATS 1.7 WED AS DRIER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE UPR LOW...BUT INCREASES TO 2 THU AS SFC FLOW BACKS TO THE E-SE OVER THE AREA. VERY LIGHT FLOW OVER THE AREA WED WITH SFC TROUGH AXIS THROUGH THE CWFA WILL PROMOTE AFTN SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE INTERIOR WITH ENHANCEMENT OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY DUE TO PVA ALOFT FROM THE E GOMEX. THU ANTICIPATE CONTINUED GOOD CHC FOR PRECIP...BUT WITH WEAKER DYNAMICS ALOFT AND RETURNING TO A CLIMO PRECIP PATTERN WITH ESTRLY FLOW FAVORING SEA BREEZE COLLISION ACROSS WSTRN ZONES. MORN SHRA POSSIBLE THU OVER COASTAL COUNTIES WITH E FLOW. ALSO NOTED THU IS A TROUGH APPROACHING S FL. FRI & EXTENDED...THE CURRENT LOW PRESS SYSTEM RETROGRADES FURTHER INTO THE WSTRN GOMEX...AS H5 HIGH PRESS RIDGE AXIS BUILDS WWRD OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC CONUS. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRESS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ESTABLISHES DEEP LAYER E-SE FLOW OVER THE AREA ADVANCING WEAK EASTERLY WAVES TOWARD THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. THE SFC WAVES AS WELL AS IMPULSES ROTATING OVER THE AREA ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE H5 HIGH WARRANT GOOD CHC POPS ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN ZONES THROUGH SUN. AS THE UPR HIGH MOVES OVER THE CWFA MON & TUE...EXPECT WARMER THAN CLIMO TEMPS AND LESS THAN CLIMO PRECIP. MARINE...BUOY 41012 REPORTING SW 10KTS SEAS 3FT...ON TRACK WITH CURRENT FORECAST. JUST SCALED BACK ON THE EXTENDED...NO HEADLINES. PRELIM CCF... AMG TT 071/089 071/090 071 24543 SSI TT 074/088 075/087 075 24543 JAX TT 073/089 073/089 072 24443 SGJ TT 073/088 074/087 074 24443 GNV TT 072/089 072/090 071 24454 OCF TT 072/089 072/090 071 24454 .JAX... .GA...NONE. .FL...NONE. BROYLES/SANDRIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 28 days |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.