Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1992, 3:19 PM EDT for Burke County, Jefferson County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1992, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burke County, GA, Jefferson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 KAGS 031921 SVRAGS GAC033-163-032015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 319 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BURKE COUNTY...EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY A STORM SPOTTER IN NORTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY GEORGIA REPORTED WINDS IN EXCESS OFF 55 MPH BREAKING OFF LARGE LIMBS. THIS STORM IS EMBEDDED IN A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Jul 3, 11:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 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, 2 hours 35 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, 1 hour 44 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
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-GAZ006-032015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 211 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 2 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LEADING EDGE. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN A SOLID LINE FROM CENTERVILLE TO ALAEXANDER CITY ALABAMA INTO GEORGIA ACROSS LAGRANGE AND FRANKLIN TO GRIFFIN... MONTICELLO AND MILLEDGEVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR GREENVILLE IN MERRIWETHER COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. YOU SHOULD BE READY TO QUICKLY SEEK SHELTER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:23 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAZ003-005-032025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 223 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 438 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HEARD..COWETA.. FAYETTE..CLAYTON..HENRY..SPALDING..BUTTS..TROUP..MERIWETHER..PIKE.. LAMAR..AND UPSON COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM EDT... AT 220 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A WIDE BAND OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. STRONGER STORMS WERE ALONG THE CENTRAL COWETA-MERIWETHER BORDER..AND IN NORTH PIKE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. PERS ONS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A THREATENING SITUATION DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:00 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 150 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ........SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA..... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF ALABAMA AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH TO AND INCLUDING DOOLY...PULASKI...DODGE...LAURENS...AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES. AT 140 PM EDT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND INTO ALABAMA WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN JASPER...PUTNAM ...AND MONROE COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE WILL BE APPROACHING LAKE SINCLAIR WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE ON THE LAKE SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO TFHESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING THREATENING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.
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, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 47 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.