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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 26, 1992Butts County, Spalding County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1992, 3:45 AM EST for Butts County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 1992, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 1992, 4:30 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butts County, GA, Spalding County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1992-02-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 208 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 1992-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 260847
SVRATL
GAC035-255-260930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
345 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BUTTS COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY
 
AT 3 45 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GRIFFIN GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 11:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton39 min
Feb 25, 11:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton40 min
Feb 26, 12:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard37 min
Feb 26, 12:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta30 min
Feb 26, 1:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale35 min
Feb 26, 1:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton40 min
Feb 26, 4:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper68 min
Feb 26, 4:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam32 min
Feb 26, 4:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro56 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.