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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 27, 1986Bibb County, Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1986, 3:50 AM EST for Bibb County, Crawford County, Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 1986, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1986, 4:20 AM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Peach County, GA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1986-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1986-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.