Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 8:53 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Pike County, Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meriwether County, GA, Pike County, GA, Upson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 280052 SVRATL GAC199-231-293-280145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 853 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MERIWETHER COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY...WESTERN UPSON COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF COLUMBUS TO NORTH OF PINE MOUNTAIN. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. 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, Aug 27, 7:58 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 800 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 778 AND 779 CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 755 PM RADAR SHOWED MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AR 30 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST GEzORGIA AS WELL AS WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:02 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
730 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
REF THUNDERSTORM WARNING HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA 08-27-92
COUNTY..... HARRIS GEORGIA
SOURCE..... HARRIS COUNTY COUNTY CLERK
TIME....... FROM 6 PM TO 630 PM EDT
LOCATION... HWY 116 AND BARNESMILL RD.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
DAMAGE..... LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWN...FEW
ROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOMES IN THE AREA. D.
INJURIES.... NONE.Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:24 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ006-280230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 821 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 AT 819 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HURTSBORO ALABAMA TO JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND DUE TO THE WET GROUNDS FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENT OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:33 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZ003-005-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 830 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 825 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA FROM EAST OF NEWNAN TO NEAR WARM SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED MOST OF THE REST OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
Local storm report, Aug 27, 8:34 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
830 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
COUNTY..... HEARD COUNTY
SOURCE..... HEARD COUNTY 911...CONFIRMED BY BY FIRE DEPT. ON SCENE
TIME....... ABOUT 535 PM 27 AUG
LOCATION... ON HEARD-CARROLL COUNTY LINE
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM/TORNADO?
DAMAGE..... MOBLE HOME ROLLED OVER
ROOFS BLOWN OFF BARNS
TREES BLOWN ACROSS ROAD
INJURIES... NONE KNOWN.Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:42 PM EDT, 11 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 840 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH OUT UNTIL 8 AM EDT FRIDAY AT 830 PM EDT WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER GEORGIA...EAST ALABAMA...WEST SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTH- WEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE NEAR PICKENS SOUTH CAROLINA AND JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 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, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 20 min |
| Aug 27, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 20 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.