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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 3, 2002Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2002, 10:21 PM EDT for Dougherty County, Lee County, Worth County, Georgia. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2002, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA, Worth County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2362 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, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

461 
WUUS52 KTAE 040221
SVRTLH
GAC095-177-321-040300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1020 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  LEE COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  WEST CENTRAL WORTH COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

* AT 1020 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER RED
  ROCK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVESTER...MOVING NORTHWEST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE...PECAN CITY BY 1025 PM EDT...  
  RADIUM SPRINGS BY 1030 PM EDT...
  TURNER CITY...EAST ALBANY BY 1035 PM EDT...
  ALBANY...SOUTHWEST GA REGIONAL A/P BY 1040 PM EDT...
  CENTURY...FORRESTER BY 1045 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.


LAT...LON 3147 8391 3163 8380 3188 8422 3157 8436

.END

16-DYE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETift18 hr
Jun 3, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECook18 hr
Jun 4, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEQuitman, Randolph83 min
Jun 4, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEQuitman90 min
Jun 4, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETerrell73 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEClay, Early76 min
Jun 4, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly29 min
Jun 4, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur82 min
Jun 4, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly32 min
Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur, Grady2 hr
Jun 4, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Mitchell10 days
Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDecatur10 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.