Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 3:09 PM EST for Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 31, 2002, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Worth County, GA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 312009 SVRTLH GAC321-312045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 309 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 345 PM EST... * AT 309 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES WEST OF LIVINGSTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF PUTNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GORDY...ALFORDS BY 315 PM EST... SYLVESTER...GAMMAGE BY 320 PM EST... POULAN...ISABELLA BY 325 PM EST... SUMNER...SHINGLER BY 330 PM EST... TERRELL BY 335 PM EST... IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3162 8400 3139 8397 3146 8368 3165 8377 .END 16-DYE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:50 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Mar 31, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 84 min |
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Lee | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Worth | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 6:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 70 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 70 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.