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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 6, 1992Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 5:01 PM EST for Floyd County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1992, 5:01 PM EST (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1992, 5:45 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 1992-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 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 062200
SVRATL
GAC115-233-062245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
501 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...FLOYD COUNTY...NORTHERN POLK COUNTY
 
AT 5 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTRE...ALABAMA
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE PAST HOUR. HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
WAS REPORTED WEST OF CENTRE ALABAMA SHORTLY BEFORE 5 PM EST.
 
PEOPLE IN ROME...CEDARTOWN...LINDALE...CAVE SPRINGS...AND
SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 5:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk31 min
Mar 6, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding47 min
Mar 6, 6:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston35 min
Mar 6, 6:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, DeKalb, Fulton34 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.