Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 9:43 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 KMCN 280143 SVRMCN GAC207-280245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 943 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 940 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST MONROE COUNTY NEAR CULLODEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 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, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 10 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, 1 hour 9 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:32 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 933 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 933 PM EDT WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING MUCH OF GEORGIA...WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...JUST EAST OF COLUMBUS AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Aug 27, 9:40 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 932 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 COUNTY..... PIKE COUNTY SOURCE..... RELAYED THROUGH PIKE COUNTY DISPATCH. TIME....... ABOUT 915 PM 27 AUG LOCATION...R PIKE COUNTY (WEST SIDE OF COUNTY) TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE..... TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES... NONE KNOWN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 52 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
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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.