Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Mar 6, 1992, 6:55 PM EST (23:55 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1992, 7:30 PM EST

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

County Houston County, GA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KMCN 062356
SVRMCN
GAC153-070045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
655 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 655 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL NEAR WARNER
ROBINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
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.

In the hours before

GAZ001-062300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
455 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 450 PM EST RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST
ALABAMA SOUTH OF FORT PAYNE. AT THAT TIME THE STORM WAS VERY
STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO FLOYD COUNTY...AND
POSSIBLY CHATTOOGA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM.

THIS STORM DROPPED LARGE HAIL AT BOAZ ALABAMA AND HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

PEOPLE IN FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006-
TNZ001>003-005-062335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
635 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 47 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH
GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM EST TONIGHT.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA
DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM BLAIRSVILLE TO LAGRANGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMANGING WINDS. THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR CHATSWORTH AND ROCKMART GEORGIA.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.