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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 13, 1992Peach County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 1992, 8:31 PM EST for Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 1992, 8:31 PM EST (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 1992, 9:00 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Peach County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 1992-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 00:00Z on 1992-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 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 140132
SVRMCN
GAC225-140200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
831 PM EST MON JAN 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...PEACH COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST
OF FORT VALLEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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.