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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 1992Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1992-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 268 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 1992-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston30 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.