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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 4, 1992Macon County, Schley County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1992, 2:45 PM EST for Macon County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1992, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1992, 3:45 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, GA, Schley County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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

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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, Nov 4, 2:16 PM EST, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEChattahoochee, Muscogee65 min
Nov 4, 9:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEEscambia, Santa Rosa63 min
Nov 4, 10:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESanta Rosa61 min
Nov 4, 4:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGulf38 min
Nov 4, 4:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin63 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.