Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 83 min |
| Apr 30, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Dougherty | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 74 min |
| Apr 30, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early | 11 days |
| Apr 30, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 13 days |
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.