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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 31, 1993Marion County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 8:45 AM EST for Marion County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 1993, 8:45 AM EST (13:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 1993, 9:45 AM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1993-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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 1993-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 12:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie69 min
Mar 31, 6:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMarion63 min
Mar 31, 7:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMarion, Sumter, Webster69 min
Mar 31, 7:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESchley69 min
Mar 31, 7:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMacon63 min
Mar 31, 3:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDougherty29 min
Mar 31, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWorth37 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.