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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 25, 1992Aiken County, South Carolina

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 25, 1992, 9:52 PM EST for Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 1992, 9:52 PM EST (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 1992, 10:45 PM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Aiken County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 KAGS 260253
TORAGS
SCC003-260345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
952 PM EST TUE FEB 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EAST CENTRAL AIKEN COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM AIKEN SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN
NEAR SALLEY SOUTH CAROLINA...
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
ORd CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.