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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 6, 1992Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1992, 5:50 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 1992, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 1992, 6:20 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Houston County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 062152
SVRMCN
GAC153-020715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
550 PM EDT THU AUG 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  620 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSIFYING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH
OF FORT VALLEY IN PEACH COUNTY MOVING EAST 12 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE
WARNER ROBINS TO BONAIRE PART OF HOUSTON COUNTY. THIS VERY TALL STORM
DEVELOPED SLOWLY BUT RECENTLY BECAME SEVERE INTENSITY AS IT WAS
APPROACHING HOUSTON COUNTY. IT WILL BE NEAR WARNER ROBINS IN HALF AN
HOUR.
 
 
 
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 CROSSrINGS.

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

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:03 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
GAZ005-062200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
500 PM EDT THU AUG 6 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 455 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH OF COLUMBUS. STRONGEST STORM WAS IN
TROUP COUNTY NEAR HOGANSVILLE. THIS STORM MAY BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY.

STORMS WERE SHOWING SLOW...ERRATIC MOVEMENT...AND MAY CONTINUE IN
AND AROUND THE LA GRANGE...HOGANSVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS OVER
THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:26 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ006-009-070030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
525 PM EDT THU AUG 06 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE MIDSTATE...

AT 520 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SEVERAL
THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA.

THE LARGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES WEST OF MACON AND 15 MILES TO
30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACON NEAR THE TOWNS OF FORT VALLEY IN PEACH
COUNTY AND COCHRAN IN BLECKLEY COUNTY TO HAWKINSVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY.

THESE WERE VERY TALL STORMS AND CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MILES
AN HOUR ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT GROUND STRIKE
LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR NEWS ABOUT 6THESE
STORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.