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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 4, 1992Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1992, 12:55 PM EST for Chattahoochee County, Muscogee County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1992, 12:55 PM EST (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1992, 2:00 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chattahoochee County, GA, Muscogee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 1992-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 1992-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCSG 041757
SVRCSG
GAC053-215-041900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1255 PM EST WED NOV 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY...MUSCOGEE COUNTY
 
AT 1252 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHORTLY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLDY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMacon, Schley60 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.