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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 19, 1992Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 2:56 PM EST for Dodge County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 1992, 2:56 PM EST (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 1992, 3:25 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 1992-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 191956
SVRMCN
GAC091-235-192100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
256 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY...PULASKI COUNTY
 
AT 255 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
INTO DODGE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 12:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens27 min
Mar 19, 12:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall56 min
Mar 19, 12:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCForsyth29 min
Mar 19, 12:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Gwinnett38 min
Mar 19, 1:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee60 min
Mar 19, 1:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton60 min
Mar 19, 1:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks60 min
Mar 19, 1:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Pickens40 min
Mar 19, 1:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert, Franklin, Hart48 min
Mar 19, 2:11 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Forsyth49 min
Mar 19, 2:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes45 min
Mar 19, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Treutlen40 min
Mar 19, 2:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall67 min
Mar 19, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow30 min
Mar 19, 3:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison58 min
Mar 19, 3:03 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCScreven26 min
Mar 19, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens49 min
Mar 19, 5:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin65 min

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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.