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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Atlanta, GA

September 23, 1992Burke County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 1992, 4:27 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 1992, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 1992-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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 1992-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 KAGS 232027
SVRAGS
GAC033-232130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
427 PM EDT WED SEP 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BURKE COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS IN BURKE COUNTY GEORGIA THREE MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF
WAYNESBORO.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST 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 TfO 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.

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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.