Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 66
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 31, 2002, 1:15 PM EST for 30 counties in Georgia; 19 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2002, 1:15 PM EST (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties
Appling County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richmond | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 2:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richmond | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Hampton | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 34 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 775 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Kershaw, Lee and 3 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002
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.