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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 27, 1992Marion County, Talbot County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 9:20 PM EDT for Marion County, Talbot County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1992, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1992, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 280123
SVRCSG
GAC197-263-269-280215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
920 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY...TALBOT COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED VERY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AT
ABOUT 35 MPH. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE ALSO PRESENT.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 4:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
FLZ003-005-GAZ011-012-272130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
424 PM EDT (324 PM CDT) THU AUG 27 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND CALHOUN
COUNTIES OF NORTH FLORIDA...

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
COUNTIES OF SEMINOLE...DECATUR...GRADY...THOMAS...AND BROOKS UNTIL 7
PM EDT...

AT 415 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE GRADY COUNTY/THOMAS
COUNTY BORDER SOUTH SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF FOR 100 MILES. THIS LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH ALONG THE LINE AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT
FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT CAN REDUCE
VISIBILITIES...VERY DANDEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND THE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AS TbHESE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 4:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
FLZ004-272130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL
430 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA...INCLUDING GULF
COUNTY ENDED AT 4 PM EDT...

AT 430 PM EDT...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAD MOVED INTO GULF COUNTY
AND FRANKLIN COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF IT APPROACHS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHarris, Muscogee42 min
Aug 27, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart66 min
Aug 27, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAETaylor66 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.