Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 4:52 PM EDT for Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilkinson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 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 272052 SVRMCN GAC319-272200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 452 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WILKINSON COUNTY A 450 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR IRWINTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Aug 27, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ006-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 205 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT... AT 200 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN MONROE THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTIES AND SOUTH WEST OF THERE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM NEAREST A TOWN OR CITY WAS A LARGE STORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTHR IN MONROE COUNTY. ANOTHER WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIENNA IN DOOLY COUNTY. AS STORMS APPROACH SEVERE INTENSITY WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED PROMPTLY FOR AREAS AFFECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 225 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN GEORGIA AND EASTERN ALABAMA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS IN A BAND ABOUT 75 MILES WIDE WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROME TO ALBANY GEORGIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ006-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 250 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EDT... AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF REYNOLDS. ANOTHER GROWING LARGE STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORSYTH IN MONROE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED SEVERE INTENSITY BUT HAVE SHOWN SMALL HAIL WIND GUST OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN. LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL OR NOAA RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-272030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 325 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER WESTERN GEORGIA AND EASTERN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A BAND ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE WHICH EXTENDED FROM ROME TO ATLANTA AND CORDELE GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR GREENWOOD TO NEWBERRY AND COLUMBIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 4:21 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-272215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 417 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR MOST COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR COLQUITT AND PELHAM IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ACROSS THE ALBANY AREA TO NEAR OGLETHORPE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS..TURN OFF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 4:32 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-272030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 430 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. A 50 MILE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGIA THROUGH ATLANTA INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA TO NEAR EASTMAN. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY AND NEARING SOUTHERN MORGAN AND NORTHERN PUTNAM. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 23 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Paulding | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.