Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1992, 5:10 PM EDT for Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1992, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Peach County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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 312111 SVRMCN GAC225-312215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 510 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...PEACH COUNTY AT 510 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF FT VALLEY... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR SHOWED LARGE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. 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 BUSINESS. 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, Jul 31, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ001>003-312100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 335 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR IN ATLANTA INDICATED BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLAYTON SOUTHWEST TO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR NEWNAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST STORMS INTENSE STORMS IN THE BAND WERE OVER EASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE AND SOUTH OF HARTSFIELD AIRPORT IN FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER STRONbG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. A WIND GUST OF 38 MPH WAS RECORDED AT AN AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION IN LAWRENCEVILLE JUST BEFORE 330 PM.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-312100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 335 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM... AT 330 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...WAS INDICATED OVER A 15 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM PICKENS SOUTH CAROLINA TO GRIFFIN. THE LARGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
GAZ005-006-312100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 353 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 704 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 348 PM WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...NEAR TALBOTTAN GEORGIA...ALSO AROUND CUSSETA AND LUMPKIN GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THE LARGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL,.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
GAZ001>003-312100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 400 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN GEORGIA ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDER- STORM WATCH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVE EAST OF THIS AREA. IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA BARTOW CARROLL CHEROKEE CLAYTON COBB COWETA DAWSON DEKALB DOUGLAS FANNIN FAYETTE FLOYD FORSYTH FULTON GILMER GORDON GWINNETT HARALSON HEARD HENRY MURRAY PAULDING PICKENS POLK SPALDING WHITFIELD IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TROUP MERIWETHER . PORTIONS OF NORTHEAjST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA REMAIN UNDER SEVERE THUNDER- STORM WATCH 704 UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:29 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
GAZ006-312130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 430 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 425 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDER- STORMS INCREASING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR FORSYTH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ROBERTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ~WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING. THE LARGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE MACON AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:31 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
GAZ001>005-312200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 430 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR IN ATLANTA INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ATHENS SOUTHWEST THROUGH COVINGTON IN NEWTON COUNTY TO NEAR GRIFFIN IN SPALDING COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND MACON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. THEREFORE MOST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA GENERALLY FROM ATLANTA NORTHWEST TO THE ALABAMA LINE IN NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 34 min |
| Jul 31, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 33 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.