Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 6:56 PM EST for Cobb County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1992, 6:56 PM EST (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cobb County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 7:00 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Cobb, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 KATL 062355 SVRATL GAC067-089-121-070030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 656 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...EASTERN COBB COUNTY...NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY ...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 655 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARIETTA GEORGIA IN COBB COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN MARIETTA...SMYRNA...SANDY SPRINGS...DUNWOODY... CHAMBLEE...DORAVILLE AND NEARBY AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. 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... PRE.FERABLY 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, Mar 6, 4:53 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 6:40 PM EST, 16 minutes before
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 6:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.