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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 2002Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 3:31 PM EST for Grady County, Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2002, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2002, 3:45 PM EST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Grady County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 678 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 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 KTAE 262031
SVRTLH
GAC131-275-262115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
330 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  NORTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 415 PM EST...

* AT 330 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS 2 MILES NORTH OF CAIRO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AKRIDGE BY 335 PM EST...
  SPENCE BY 340 PM EST...
  OCHLOCKNEE BY 345 PM EST...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.


LAT...LON 3094 8427 3087 8422 3101 8388 3107 8415

.END

12-WATSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 12:41 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Mar 26, 2:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Mar 26, 3:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMitchell5 days
Mar 26, 4:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.