Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 8:41 PM EST for Morgan County, Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 6, 1992, 8:41 PM EST (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 9:41 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morgan County, GA, Oconee County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 9:00 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Morgan, GA | |
| Mar 6, 9:00 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Oconee, 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
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 070141 SVRAHN GAC211-219-070245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 841 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...MORGAN COUNTY...OCONEE COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO OCONEE AND MORGAN COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES, THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRRUCTIVE 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 7:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Jackson | 65 min |
| Mar 6, 9:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Jefferson, Richmond | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 9:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 69 min |
| Mar 6, 10:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 65 min |
| Mar 6, 10:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, Richmond | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 10:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.