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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 1992Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1992, 8:28 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 1992, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 
TTAA00 KATL 020029
SVRATL
GAC121-020115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
828 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH FULTON COUNTY NEAR THE
ATLANTA HARTSFIELD AIRPORT. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OCCURRING NEAR OVER THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LRIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilcox59 min
Jul 2, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Henry, Rockdale45 min
Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette, Fulton40 min
Jul 2, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Fulton51 min
Jul 2, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones65 min
Jul 2, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Coweta27 min

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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.