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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 1, 1992Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1992, 3:26 PM EDT for Burke County, Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 1992, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Burke County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Jenkins County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 011929
SVRAGS
GAC033-107-165-012030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
326 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BURKE COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY...JENKINS COUNTY
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH
RIVER AREA UNTIL 9 PM EDT...
 
PUBLIC REPORTS OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DOWNING MANY TREES
IN SEVERAL AREAS OF EMANUEL COUNTY...AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR INDICATES THESE STORMS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT BETWEEN 25 TO
30 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.  HEAVsY 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, Jul 1, 12:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

GAZ005-ALZ012-011715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1206 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY
AREAS...

AT 1202

Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
155 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992

REF STORM ACTIVITY 7/1/92

COUNTY.....  SUMTER, GEORGIA
SOURCE.....  SUMTER SHERIFF OFFICE
TIME.......  125 PM EDT/1735Z
LOCATION...  CITY OF AMERICUS...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CITY
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......  NONE REPORETED
DAMAGE.....  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...POWER OUT FOR
             UP TO AN HOUR.

Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
205 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992

REF STORM ACTIVITY 7/1/92

COUNTY.....  LEE, GEORGIA
SOURCE.....  LEE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE AND LEE EMERGENCY MGMT
TIME.......  130 PM EDT/1735Z
LOCATION...  SCATTERED THROUGHOUT COUNTY.
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......  NONE REPORETED
DAMAGE.....  A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...BRIEF POWER
             OUTAGES...ALL DUE PRIMARILY TO WIND.

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

GAZ002-004-020115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
310 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 511 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT
FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES...CLARKE...MADISON...ELBERT...
OGLETHORPE...JACKSON...MORGAN...TALIAFERRO...FRANKLIN...OCONEE...
WALTON AND GREENE.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SEVERE THUNDEgRSTORM WATCH AND
TAKE PRECAUTIONARY ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OF REPORTED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb	42 min
Jul 1, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Screven	55 min
Jul 1, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe	54 min

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.