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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 27, 1992Chattooga County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 6:54 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1992, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Chattooga County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 1992-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1374 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 1992-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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 KATL 272254
TORATL
GAC055-272330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
654 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CHATTOOGA COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM EDT THERE WERE REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR THE CRYSTAL
SPRINGS AREA IN FLOYD COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH
TOWARD CHATTOOGA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN END OF THE
COUNTY.
 
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 INnTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta37 min
Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas45 min
Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley53 min
Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Paulding38 min
Aug 27, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs59 min
Aug 27, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp61 min
Aug 27, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson38 min
Aug 27, 5:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Paulding54 min
Aug 27, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Pulaski62 min
Aug 27, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether37 min
Aug 27, 6:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFloyd35 min
Aug 27, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth31 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.