Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1992, 3:35 PM EDT for Richmond County, Georgia; Aiken County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1992, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 221937 SVRAGS GAC245-SCC003-222030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 335 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA ...AIKEN COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 335 PM EDT SHOWS A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY OF GEORGIA EXTENDING IN TO AIKEN COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DTAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 22, 12:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
GAZ002-004-221900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO BUILD ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW PLACES ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE THUNDER- STORMS AND TAKE SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD GIVE THEMSELVES PLENTY OF TIME TO FIND SAFE HARBOR AHEAD OF THESE> THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
GAZ001-003-221915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 111 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST HOUR ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. AMONG THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE A CLUSTER NEAR CEDARTOWN IN POLK COUNTY AND ANOTHER CLUSTER NEAR MCDONOUGH IN HENRY COUNTY. THE ONES IN HENRY COUNTY ARE IN THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE IF LIGHTNING IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:51 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ002-004-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 250 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW PLACES ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE THUNDER- STORMS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD GIVE THEMSELVES PLENTY OF TIME TO FIND SAFE HARBOR AHEAD OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:57 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ003-222000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 300 PM EDT WED JUL 22 1992 AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER DOWNTOWN ATLANTA NORTHWARD TOWARD SANDY SPRINGS IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOWED ONLY A SLOW EASTWARD DRIFT WHICH WILL TAKE IT TOWARD WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING OF STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS...XESPECIALLY THE DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR AND OTHER INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS NORTH OF ATLANTA IS LIKELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Bibb | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1992Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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.