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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 5, 1992Taliaferro County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1992, 7:48 PM EDT for Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Taliaferro County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-358 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 KAHN 052350
SVRAHN
GAC265-060045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
748 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...TALIAFERRO COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN
TALIAFERRO COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF CRAWFORDVILLE SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 5, 7:18 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
720 PM EDT SUM JUL 5 1992

COUNTY........ BARROW

SOURCE........ BARROW COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

TIME.......... 640 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

LOCATION...... EASTERN PART OF COUNTY...NEAR STATHAM GEORGIA

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NONE RPD

DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:24 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
720 PM EDT SUM JUL 5 1992

COUNTY........ OCONEE

SOURCE........ OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

TIME.......... 645 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

LOCATION.v..... ON AND NEAR MARS HILL ROAD

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NONE RPD

DAMAGE........ 3 TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:25 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
725 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

COUNTY........ OCONEE

SOURCE........ OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

TIME.......... 645 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

LOCATION...... ON AND NEAR MARS HILL ROAD

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NONE RPD

DAMAGE........ 3 TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
740 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

COUNTY........ WALTON

SOURCE........ MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

TIME.......... 652 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

LOCATION...... COUNTYWIDE

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NONE RPD

DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:42 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
740 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

COUNTY........ WALTON

SOURCE........ MONROE P.D.

TIME.......... 652 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

LOCATION...... COUNTYWIDE

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NONE RPD

DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:45 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
740 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 1992

REF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MACON COUNTY GEORGIA 646-730 PM EDT.

COUNTY.....  MACON, GEORGIA
SOURCE.....  SHERIFF
TIME.......  AROUND 7 PM EDT.
LOCATION...  AROUND IDEAL AND GARDEN VALLEY AREA NORTH OF IDEAL.
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE.....  SCATTERED TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.
             SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TREE ACROSS ROAD "IN GARDEN VALLEY
             AREA.
INJURIES.... NONE KNOWN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk51 min
Jul 5, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga51 min
Jul 5, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa45 min
Jul 5, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike47 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Heard44 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon, Murray44 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Haralson, Paulding44 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton40 min
Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta40 min
Jul 5, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Jones52 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth, Fulton48 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb48 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Gilmer, Pickens48 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup48 min
Jul 5, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette48 min
Jul 5, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb45 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Spalding44 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett, Rockdale44 min
Jul 5, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Pike, Upson40 min
Jul 5, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts40 min
Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs40 min
Jul 5, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Oconee, Walton66 min
Jul 5, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke66 min
Jul 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson67 min
Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe69 min
Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston69 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.