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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 30, 2002Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2002, 5:57 PM EDT for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 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 30, 2002, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2002-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 883 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

697 
WUUS52 KTAE 302157
SVRTLH
GAC243-302230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
556 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* AT 556 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOFFS
  MILL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUTHBERT...MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOFFS MILL...PACHITLA BY 600 PM EDT...
  MARTINS CROSSROADS BY 610 PM EDT...
  SHELLMAN BY 615 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3181 8483 3164 8481 3164 8455 3184 8460

.END

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun83 min
Apr 30, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Dougherty51 min
Apr 30, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early47 min
Apr 30, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early45 min
Apr 30, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun74 min
Apr 30, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early3 hr
Apr 30, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Clay, Early11 days
Apr 30, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEColquitt13 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.