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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 30, 2002Baker County, Dougherty County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2002, 6:54 PM EDT for Baker County, Dougherty County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 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, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2002, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baker County, GA, Dougherty County, GA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

395 
WUUS52 KTAE 302254
SVRTLH
GAC007-095-302325-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  NORTHERN BAKER COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 725 PM EDT...

* AT 650 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF DUCKER...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF MORGAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PRETORIA BY 700 PM EDT...
  LOCKETT CROSSING BY 705 PM EDT...
  RED STORE CROSSROADS BY 710 PM EDT...
  DEWITT...PUTNEY BY 715 PM EDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL.

.END

22-BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAERandolph33 min
Apr 30, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun83 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.