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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 3, 1992Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1992, 11:21 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1992, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1992, 11:35 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Crisp County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1184 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1992-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
1184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 KMCN 040323
SVRMCN
GAC081-040415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1121 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...CRISP COUNTY
 
AT 1120 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CORDELE ON THE DOOLY COUNTY/CRISP COUNTY LINE. IT WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR CORDELE IN JUST UNDER HALF
AN HOUR..BY 1145 TO 1150 PM EDT. IT IS DECREASING STRENGTH ONLY VERY
SLOWLY AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN SEVERE INTENSITY WHEN IT APPROACHES
CORDELE.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...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.

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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.