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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 1992Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1992, 4:16 PM EDT for Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1992, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1992-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 643 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1992-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 212016 RRA
TORAGS
SCC003-037-212100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
416 PM EDT SUN JUN 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN AIKEN COUNTY...EAST CENTRAL EDGEFIELD COUNTY
 
AT 405PM EDT EDGEFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY
19 IN EASTERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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.

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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.