Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1992, 2:13 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1992, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1992, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 2010 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 031813 SVRMCN GAC009-031900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 213 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BALDWIN COUNTY AT 210 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 1025 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 COUNTY..... FIRS 315 WILCOX SOURCE..... COUNTY SHERIFF AND AMATUER RADIO OPERATOR TIME....... 446 TO 515 PM EDT 7/2/92 LOCATION... WEST WILCOX COUNTY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE REPORTED DAMAGE..... TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES SOME POWER POLES BENT
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ001-003-031530-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1020 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA...
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA
THIS MORNING. AT 1015 AM RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A NEARLY
SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM BLAIRSVILLE TO JASPER TO
CAVE SPRINGS. THIS LINE IS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND IS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE CEDARTOWN...
LAKE ALLATOONA...AND CANTON VICINITIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE S TORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE ALLATOONA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE
APPROACH OF THESE STORMS AND STAY CLOSE TO SHORE.Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ002-004-031545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1050 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 1045 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF FRANKLIN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST THROUGH BLAIRSVILLE TO JUST NORTH OF CEDARTOWN GEORGIA. LINE MOVEMENT SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITIES OF CLAYTON ...DAWSONVILLE...DAHLONEGA AND CLEVELAND WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER AS THSESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
GAZ001-003-031640-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1140 AM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH METRO ATLANTA...
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWEST
GEORGIA THIS MORNING. AT 1135 AM RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF
A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOCCOA TO
GAINESVILLE TO BUFORD TO MARIETTA TO CARROLLTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE
METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE WATCHFUL OF THE
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-031745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1245 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 1235 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHWEST TO ATHENS TO CONYERS TO CARROLLTON GEORGIA. LINE MOVEMENT SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITIES OF ELBERTON...ATHENS...MADISON...MONROE...AND COVINGTON WITHIN THE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS ...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THEIR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:35 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 135 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 SEVERE THUND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McDuffie, Warren, Wilkes | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 40 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.