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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 21, 1993Dade County, Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 6:26 PM EST for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 1993, 6:26 PM EST (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 1993, 7:15 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1993-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRhea41 min
Feb 21, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMcMinn46 min

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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.