Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 67
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 31, 2002, 12:45 PM CST for 13 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Florida; 55 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2002, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 79 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Macon County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lee County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA
Warnings issued inside it
18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry, Houston | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Worth | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 14 min |
| Mar 31, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 101 min |
| Mar 31, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Houston | 84 min |
| Mar 31, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Worth | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 5:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 70 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 70 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1340 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Coffee and 24 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 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.