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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 4, 2002Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT for Decatur County, Grady County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 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 4, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1408 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 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

835 
WUUS52 KTAE 042213
SVRTLH
GAC087-131-042245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  WEST CENTRAL GRADY COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 613 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER RENO...
  OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAIRO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHIGHAM BY 620 PM EDT...
  BOYDVILLE BY 625 PM EDT...
  CLIMAX BY 635 PM EDT...
  FOWLSTOWN BY 640 PM EDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS LARGE HAIL.

LAT...LON 3071 8433 3085 8426 3093 8439 3080 8459

.END

22-BARRY

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 3, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty, Lee, Worth18 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.