Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 9:53 AM EST for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 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
- Nov 22, 1992, 9:53 AM EST (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dade County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 10:05 AM EST | Hail 0.88 | Dade, 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 497 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 221455 SVRCHA GAC083-221600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 953 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DADE COUNTY AT 950AM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE ALABAMA GEORGIA LINE ENTERING DADE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN ALABAMA. 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. 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... PREFERABLY 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, Nov 22, 5:11 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
GAZALL-221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 515 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS FORECASTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE STATES WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE BRUNT OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCLUDE GEORGIA...EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA...CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALABAMA...AND EASTERN TENNESSEE. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING OVER THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ...OCCASIONALLY PRODUCING TORNADOES...HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AND THESE STRONG STORMS ARE CONTINUING EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWARD INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME WESTERN ALABAMA AROUND 4 AM...AND A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF ALABAMA UNTIL 10 EST. AS THESE STORMS MOVE EASTWARD IT IS LIKELY THAT A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF GEORGIA THIS MORNING...AND EASTERN GEORGIA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO RADIO... TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCH4ES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 8:00 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
GAZALL-221500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 800 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUSD FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA EFFECTIVE FROM 8:30 AM EST UNTIL 2:00 PM EST.. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF GEORGIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2:00 PM EST. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IS FORECASTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES TODAY INTO TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG WINDS...AND SEVERAL TORNADOES OVER MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. THESE TORNADOES CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AND INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MISSISSIPPI. AT 8:00 AM EST...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WEATHER HAD REACHED EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA. WEATHER SHOULD BEGIN DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF GEORGIA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN GEORGIA UNTIL 2:00 PM EST. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES EAST. BY AFTERNOON...ANOTHER WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO RADIO... TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 8:36 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
GAZ002-004-221945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 836 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PARTION OF NORTHERN GEORGIA EFFECTIVE FROM 8:30 AM EST UNTIL 2:00 PM EST...THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL.. JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...RABUN... STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON AND WHITE. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...AREA EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HA AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AREA ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER. ...STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 8:47 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
GAZ002-004-221945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 836 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PARTION OF NORTHERN GEORGIA EFFECTIVE FROM 8:30 AM EST UNTIL 2:00 PM EST...THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL.. JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...RABUN... STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON AND WHITE. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...AREA EXPECTED TO FORM IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGHAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AREA ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER. ...STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 9:40 AM EST, 13 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-221400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 935 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 916 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM FOR THE WEST HALF OF GEORGIA. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THE WATCH EXTENDS EASTWARD TO AROUND EATONTON...MACON...HAWKINSVILLE...ASBURN...AND TO MOULTRIE IN THE SOUTHCENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. AT 930 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ALABAMA MOVING EAST TOWARD GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGE IN ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF THE STATE AND PROGRESS EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY NOON TODAY. LISTEN TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS THAT CARRY TIMELY WEA\THER UPDATES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED THIS MORNING TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 9:50 AM EST, 3 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-221645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 942 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 916 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM EST....... WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS GEORGIA SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ASHLAND TO PINE APPLE ALBAMA...WITH THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM NEAR ROCKFORD TO WETUMPKA ALABAMA. THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING TO EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. AS THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO GEORGIA WE CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES REMAINS A REAL THREAT...DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES MAY ALSO A REALITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 9:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 40 min |
| Nov 22, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 44 min |
| Nov 22, 11:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 57 min |
| Nov 22, 11:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 57 min |
| Nov 22, 11:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Paulding | 46 min |
| Nov 22, 12:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 57 min |
| Nov 22, 12:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas, Fulton | 48 min |
| Nov 22, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 40 min |
| Nov 22, 1:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 66 min |
| Nov 22, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 58 min |
| Nov 22, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 58 min |
| Nov 22, 2:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Spalding | 44 min |
| Nov 22, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 64 min |
| Nov 22, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 64 min |
| Nov 22, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 65 min |
| Nov 22, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 62 min |
| Nov 22, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 62 min |
| Nov 22, 4:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Putnam | 59 min |
| Nov 22, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 69 min |
| Nov 22, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 32 min |
| Nov 22, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 44 min |
| Nov 22, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Nov 22, 6:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Columbia, Lincoln | 29 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.