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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2002, 8:57 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, 8:57 PM EST (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Tift County, GA, Turner County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 040157 SVRTLH GAC017-155-277-287-040230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 855 PM EST WED APR 3 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BEN HILL COUNTY IN GEORGIA IRWIN COUNTY IN GEORGIA TIFT COUNTY IN GEORGIA TURNER COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 930 PM EST... * AT 855 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER BETHEL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ASHBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM THROUGH 930 PM EST... BETHEL...AMBOY... REBECCA...ARP... ABBA... 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. 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 3173 8371 3150 8358 3183 8323 3184 8358 .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, 8:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Tift, Turner, Worth | 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.