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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 27, 1992Floyd County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 6:25 PM EDT for Floyd County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1992, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Floyd County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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°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 1992-08-27The 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 272224
TORATL
GAC115-272300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA  GA
625 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...FLOYD COUNTY
 
FLOYD COUNTY 911 REPORTED TORNADO DAMAGE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF
ROME AT 620 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST
AT 45 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 PFLOOR.  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, 6:54 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCChattooga36 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.