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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 4, 2002Quitman County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 3:45 PM EDT for Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 90 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: Jun 4, 2002, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quitman County, GA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 5:09 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Southwest Portion, GA	A few trees down between State Highways 45 and 55 southwest of Dawson. Reported by the Terrell 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 nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

255 
WUUS52 KTAE 041945
SVRTLH
GAC239-042015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
344 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

* AT 344 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES EAST
  OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GEORGETOWN BY 405 PM EDT...

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


REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE. OR YOU
CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE DIRECTLY AT
850-942-8999 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3186 8512 3185 8498
3196 8496 3199 8512

.END

12-WATSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Tift	18 hr
Jun 3, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Cook	18 hr
Jun 3, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Dougherty, Lee, Worth	18 hr
Jun 4, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Quitman, Randolph	83 min
Jun 4, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Terrell	73 min
Jun 4, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Clay, Early	76 min
Jun 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early	29 min
Jun 4, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur	82 min
Jun 4, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Early	32 min
Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur, Grady	2 hr
Jun 4, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Baker, Mitchell	10 days
Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Decatur	10 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.