Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2002, 7:01 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Georgia. It was in force for 74 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2002, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Calhoun County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Moultrie, GA | Downed trees on U.S. Highway 319 reported by the Colquitt County Sheriff. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
000 WUUS52 KTAE 302312 CCA SVRTLH GAC037-061-099-302345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...COR TO COUNTIES WARNED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 658 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN GEORGIA EARLY COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT(645 PM CDT)... * AT 658 PM EDT(558 PM CDT) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF FORT GAINES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COLOMOKEE...BLUFFTON BY 710 PM EDT... EARLY CO AIRPORT BY 715 PM EDT... PARKSVILLE...TURMAN BY 720 PM EDT... ARLINGTON BY 725 PM EDT... IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL. LAT...LON 3165 8505 3150 8515 3126 8472 3147 8462 .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, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph | 33 min |
| 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 | 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.