Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1992, 4:31 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1992, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pulaski County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 032032 SVRMCN GAC235-032115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 431 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...PULASKI COUNTY AT 430 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAWKINSVILLE. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ004-032030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 320 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ALL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVEB MOVED SOUTH OUT OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE PAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:41 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
GAZ003-006-032130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 240 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 538 IN GEORGIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR COWETA...HEARD...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...HENRY...SPALDING...BUTTS...TROUP ...MERIWETHER...PIKE...LAMAR...UPSON...MONROE...JONES...BALDWIN... JASPER...PUTNAM...WALTON...MORGAN...GREENE...OGLETHORPE...TALIAFERRO ...WILKES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE AIR BEHIND THE STORMS HAS COOLED AND BECOME MORE STABLE WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ENDED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT...HOWEVER FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 6 PM EDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR AUGUSTA TO MACON TO COLUMBUS AT 230 PM EDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AS THE GUSTY WINDS AND SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MOVED THROUGH DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:00 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-GAZ006-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 400 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 6 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS AREA WAS OCCURRING FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO THE AUBURN-OPELIKA AREA INTO GEORGIA ACROSS COLUMBUS AND MACON AND ON EASTWARD. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREA 10 MILES NORTH OF SEALE ALABAMA..AND SEVERAL BETWEEN JUNCTION CITY AND BUENA VISTA GEORGIA. THIS WHOLE AREA HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE WATCH AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AREAS NORTH OF THIS WEATHER... THIS INCLUDES TROUP..MERIWETHER..PIKE AND UPSON COUNTIES OF GEORGIA. HOWEVER THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE STILL IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:06 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-GAZ006-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 400 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 6 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS AREA WAS OCCURRING FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA TO THE AUBURN-OPELIKA AREA INTO GEORGIA ACROSS COLUMBUS AND MACON AND ON EASTWARD. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREA 10 MILES NORTH OF SEALE ALABAMA..AND SEVERAL BETWEEN JUNCTION CITY AND BUENA VISTA GEORGIA. THIS WHOLE AREA HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE WATCH AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AREAS NORTH OF THIS WEATHER... THIS INCLUDES TROUP..MERIWETHER..PIKE AND UPSON COUNTIES OF GEORGIA. HOWEVER THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE STILL IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:27 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 420 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 6 PM EDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FOR HOUSTON ...PULASKI...LAURENS...DOOLY...DODGE...WILCOX AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES. PART OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND ALABAMA ALSO REMAIN UNDER THE WATCH. ALL COUNTIES NORTH OF THE ABOVE MEMTIONED COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED AND ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS INCLUDES BIBB COUNTY. AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING THROUGH LAURENS AND HOURSTON COUNTIES INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND INTO ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE OCCURRING IN HOUSTON AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 315 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 6 PM EDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH TO AND INCLUDING DOOLY...PULASKI...DODGE...LAURENS...AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES. AT 310 PM EDT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH MACON AND COLUMBUS INTO ALABAMA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE OCCURRING IN CRAWFORD AND BIBB COUNTIES. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING dTHREATENING 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, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.