Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1992, 4:07 AM EST for Jasper County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 1992, 4:07 AM EST (09:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1992, 5:15 AM EST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 260908 SVRMCN GAC159-261015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 407 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...JASPER COUNTY AT 405 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINES&S. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Feb 26, 1:37 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 130 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM EST THIS WED MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT 130 AM EST RATHER NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN NORTH GEORGIA. IN NORHEAST GEORGIA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ATLANTA TO THURMOND LAKE AND NORTH TO THE AREA BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND TOCCOA. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 1:59 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-260900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 158 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 6 AM EST... AT 145 AM COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GRIFFIN GEORGIA WEST TO LA GRANGE GEORGIA...TO TALLASSEE AND MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER WAS NEAR AUBURN ALABAMA. LARGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN TALLASSEE AND CAMP HILL ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH. WITHIN THE PAST HOUR...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM IN THE WETUMPKA ALABAMA AREA. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF NECESSARY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 2:34 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ001>007-260900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 230 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 25 CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 225 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA...BUT WERE CONTINUING IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. IT APPEARS THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE...THUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 25 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CHATOOGA...FLOYD...GORDON...BARTOW...POLK...PICKENS...CHEROKEE... DAWSON...FORSYTH...HARALSON...PAULDING...CARROLL...DOUGLAS...HEARD... COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...FULTON...DEKALB...HENRY...ROCKDALE... COBB AND GWINNETT. REPEATING...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE COUNTIES MENTIONED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND FOR MUCHo OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 2:35 AM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-260800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 230 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM EST THIS WED MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT 230 AM EST A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA EXTENDING FROM JACKSON LAKE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF COVINGTON NORTHEASTWARD TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF ATHENS AND ON TO NEAR ELBERTON AND LAKE HARTWELL. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.
Local storm report, Feb 26, 2:54 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 245 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 COUNTY... COWETA COUNTY SOURCE... STORM SPOTTER. TIME... ABOUT 108 AM EST 2/26/92 LOCATION... NEWNAN VICINITY TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE....... TWO TREES BLOWN ACROSS NEWNAN BYPASS JUST NORTH OF NEWNAN AND A TREE ACROSS HIGHWAY 54 SOUTHEAST OF NEWNAN. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED WEST OF NEWNAN. THE EARLIER REPORT OF WINDSHIELD BROKEN OUT OF SHERIFFS CAR WAS IN ERROR. THEY NOW SAY WINDSHIELD WAS ALMOST BROKEN. INJURIES... UNKNOWN COUNTY... HEARD COUNTY SOURCE... HEARD COUNTY DISPATCH TIME... ABOUT 1245 AM EST 2/26/92 LOCATION... EASTERN PORTION OF HEARD COUNTY. TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. DAMAGE...TREES BLOWN DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES. HAIL ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE ALMOST BROKEN CAR WINDOWS BUT NO SIZE GIVEN. INJURIES... UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 4:06 AM EST, 1 minute before
GAZ005-ALZ012-261000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 405 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 25 IS CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EAST ALABAMA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARRIS...TALBOT AND TAYLOR COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 6 AM EST... AT 4 AM EST WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED THUNDERSHOWERS FROM NEAR HAMILTON GEORGIA WEST TO VALLEY AND SALEM ALABAMA. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN EASTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY AROUND WOODBURY AND MANCHESTER GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 35 MPH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 11:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 39 min |
| Feb 25, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 12:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 37 min |
| Feb 26, 12:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 1:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 1:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 3:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 4:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 32 min |
| Feb 26, 4:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 56 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.