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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 3, 1992Ben Hill County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1992, 7:01 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 1992, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Ben Hill County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2074 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
2074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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 032302
SVRMCN
GAC017-040000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
701 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BEN HILL COUNTY
 
AT 700 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN BEN HILL COUNTY JUST NORTH OF FITZGERALD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
 
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.

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, Sep 3, 6:39 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ009-032330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
635 PM EDT THU SEP 03 1992

AT 630 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAY RAIN
SOUTH OF MACON BETWEEN DUBLIN AND VIDALIA AND SOUTHWARD TO FITZGERALD
TIFTON.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 15 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. BECAUSE THEY WERE MOVING SLOWLY
SOME STREET FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS.

IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU SHOULD GO INDOORS AND REMEMBER
TO FOLLOW LIGHTNING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

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.