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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 14, 20024 counties in Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 15 days. 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 14, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
15 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baker County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Miller County, GA, Mitchell County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2002-06-14Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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.

000 
WUUS52 KTAE 142100
SVRTLH
GAC007-087-201-205-142145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
459 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BAKER COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  DECATUR COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  EASTERN MILLER COUNTY IN GEORGIA
  WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

* AT 459 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER BABCOCK...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLQUITT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STEINHAM STORE BY 510 PM EDT...
  MOUNT PLEASANT BY 520 PM EDT...
  VADA...SURF BY 525 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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


LAT...LON 3119 8471 3100 8471 3094 8438 3119 8438

.END

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEarly90 min
Jun 14, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMiller, Seminole14 days
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBaker, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 12 more200 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.