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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 9, 1992Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1992, 3:30 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1992, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1992, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Chattooga County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 1992-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 995 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 1992-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
995 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Hall, Jackson62 min
Aug 9, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon30 min
Aug 9, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd50 min
Aug 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones60 min
Aug 9, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb50 min

Nearby

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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.