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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 3, 2002Randolph County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2002, 5:51 PM EDT for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 3, 2002, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
29 days
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 350 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 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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.

157 
WUUS52 KTAE 012100
SVRTLH
GAC243-012130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
500 PM EDT THU AUG 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

* AT 500 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WADES...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF CUTHBERT...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WADES...BROOKSVILLE BY 505 PM EDT...
  WHITE HOUSE BY 515 PM EDT...
  CUTHBERT BY 520 PM EDT...

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
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
850-942-8833 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. 

LAT...LON 3193 8469 3192 8461 3184 8461 3171 8483
          3186 8487 3192 8481

.END

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE29 min
Jul 3, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Jul 3, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.