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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 2, 1992Bradley County, Tennessee

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 12:16 PM EDT for Bradley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1992, 12:16 PM EDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Bradley County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2194 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1992-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
2194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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 KCHA 021619
SVRCHA
TNC011-021715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
1216 PM EDT THU JUL 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BRADLEY COUNTY
 
AT 1215 PM EDT...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST BRADLEY COUNTY...ON THE HAMILTON/BRADLEY
COUNTY LINE.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION
OF CLEVELAND. RESIDENTS IN THE CLEVELAND AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT
FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITONS.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA
830 AM EDT THU JUL 2 1992

             REF: THUNDERSTORMS OF 7/1/92

COUNTY.....  FIRS 235 PULASKI...FIRS 023 BLECKLEY...FIRS 091 DODGE
             FIRS 315 WILCOX...FIRS 283 TREUTLEN
SOURCE.....  COUNTY SHERIFFS AND OCMULGEE EMC
TIME.......  200 TO 300 PM EDT 7/1/92
LOCATION...  THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......  NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE.....  TREJES DOWN ON POWER LINES THROUGHOUT COUNTIES
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ002-004-021615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
906 AM EDT THU JUL 2 1992

HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE
NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. ESTIMATED AMOUNTS OF NEAR TWO AND A HALF
INCHES IN THE DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTY AREA.

REPORTS FROM DAWSON COUNTY SHERIFF"S OFFICE SAYS SOME TREES DOWN
ON ROADS AND SOME POWER OUTAGE CAUSED MOSTLY BY HEAVY RAIN.

A "TRAIN" EFFECT OF RAIN HAS BEEN FALLEN OVER THE AREA AND COULD
CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA AREA AND PERSONS DRIVING IN NORTHEAST
GEORGIA TODAY SHOULD BE ALERT TO SOME SMALL STREAM AND ROADWAY
FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW PLACES.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.