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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 22, 1992Edgefield County, South Carolina

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 6:45 PM EST for Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 7:15 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Edgefield County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 KAGS 222347
TORAGS
SCC037-230015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
645 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY
 
AT 642 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A TORNADO
IN EXTREME WESTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF
EDGEFIELD SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO IS
MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
 
 
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...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DLITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcCormick48 min
Nov 22, 6:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCEdgefield, McCormick29 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.