Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 12:27 PM EST for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 12:27 PM EST (17:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 221730 SVRATL GAC097-121-221815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1227 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DOUGLAS COUNTY...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 1225 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN FULTON COUNTIES. THE STORM WAS 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.
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, 8:36 AM EST, 3 hours 51 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, 3 hours 40 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, 2 hours 47 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, 2 hours 37 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 11:04 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1105 AM EDT SUN SEP 27 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM FOR THE WEST HALF OF GEORGIA. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THE WATCH EXTENDS EASTWARD TO NEAR EATONTON...MACON...HAWKINSVILLE...ASBURN...AND TO MOULTRIE IN THE SOUTHCENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. AT 1100 AM MACON RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA FROM WEST OF ATLANTA NEAR CARROLLTON SOUTHWEST TO TUSKEGEE ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE OF STORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN ALABAMA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. LISTEN TO TTHE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS THAT CARRY TIMELY WEATHER UPDATES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED TO KEEP YOU INFORMED.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 12:26 PM EST, 1 minute before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-221930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1225 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ..........TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 916 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM EST..... WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS GEORGIA INDICATED AN AREA SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ATLANTA TO JUST NORTH OF OPP ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE AND ARE ABOUT 35 MILES DUE WEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS IS OCCURRING FROM SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY TO JUST NORTH OF BENEVOLENCE GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AS THEY MOVE INTO AND THROUGH GEORGIA WE CAN EXPbECT GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS 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, 9:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 67 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, 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
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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.