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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 22, 1992Clayton County, Fayette County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 1:05 PM EST for Clayton County, Fayette County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 1:45 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clayton County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 484 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 221808
SVRATL
GAC063-113-121-221845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
105 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CLAYTON COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 103 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT SOUTHWARD TO
PEACHTREE CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND SOME
HAIL.
 
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, 8:47 AM EST, 4 hours 18 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, 3 hours 25 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 hours 15 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 39 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 1:05 PM EST, 0 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-222000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
100 PM EST SUN SEP 27 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM FOR THE WEST HALF OF
GEORGIA.

AT 1 PM MACON RA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 9:35 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCChattooga40 min
Nov 22, 9:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade67 min
Nov 22, 10:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker44 min
Nov 22, 11:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding57 min
Nov 22, 11:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk57 min
Nov 22, 11:44 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Paulding46 min
Nov 22, 12:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup57 min
Nov 22, 12:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton48 min
Nov 22, 1:24 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCTowns, Union, White66 min
Nov 22, 1:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry58 min
Nov 22, 1:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette58 min
Nov 22, 2:01 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCSpalding44 min
Nov 22, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale64 min
Nov 22, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike64 min
Nov 22, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe65 min
Nov 22, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Upson62 min
Nov 22, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts62 min
Nov 22, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCPutnam59 min
Nov 22, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene69 min
Nov 22, 4:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro32 min
Nov 22, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes44 min
Nov 22, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln48 min
Nov 22, 6:16 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCColumbia, Lincoln29 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.