Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2002, 8:28 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 9 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
- Apr 3, 2002, 8:28 PM EST (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2002, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA, Worth County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 040128 SVRTLH GAC071-277-287-321-040200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 826 PM EST WED APR 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COLQUITT COUNTY IN GEORGIA TIFT COUNTY IN GEORGIA TURNER COUNTY IN GEORGIA WORTH COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 900 PM EST... * AT 826 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 3 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON CITY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF SYLVESTER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 900 PM EST... TEMPY...POWELLTOWN... POULAN...SCOOTERVILLE... SUMNER...SHINGLER... TY TY...EXCELSIOR... THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL. HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LAT...LON 3154 8397 3126 8397 3125 8354 3164 8366 .END 7-TREXLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 83 min |
| Apr 3, 8:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Worth | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 8:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.