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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 22, 1992Towns County, Union County, White County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 1:24 PM EST for Towns County, Union County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 1:24 PM EST (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 2:30 PM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, White County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1992-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 484 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 12:00Z on 1992-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 221825
TORAHN
GAC281-291-311-221930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
124 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...TOWNS COUNTY...UNION COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY
 
AT 120 PM EST THE LUMPKIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON
THE GROUND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF LUMPKIN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THIS
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER 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...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 9:35 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattooga40 min
Nov 22, 9:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade67 min
Nov 22, 10:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker44 min
Nov 22, 11:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding57 min
Nov 22, 11:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk57 min
Nov 22, 11:44 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding46 min
Nov 22, 12:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup57 min
Nov 22, 12:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton48 min
Nov 22, 1:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Fulton40 min
Nov 22, 1:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry58 min
Nov 22, 1:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette58 min
Nov 22, 2:01 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCSpalding44 min
Nov 22, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale64 min
Nov 22, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike64 min
Nov 22, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe65 min
Nov 22, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Upson62 min
Nov 22, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts62 min
Nov 22, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCPutnam59 min
Nov 22, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene69 min
Nov 22, 4:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro32 min
Nov 22, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes44 min
Nov 22, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln48 min
Nov 22, 6:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCColumbia, Lincoln29 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.