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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 19, 1992Dougherty County, Lee County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 1992, 3:58 PM EDT for Dougherty County, Lee County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1992, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dougherty County, GA, Lee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 387 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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 KCSG 192001
TORCSG
GAC095-177-192030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
358 PM EDT WED AUG 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN DOUGHERTY COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY
 
AT 4 PM EDT THE OBSERVER AT THE ALBANY AIRPORT REPORTED
A TORNADO NEAR THE AIRPORT. THIS TORNADO SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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 I*NTERIOR 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.