Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 3:43 PM EST for Butts County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butts County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 222047 SVRATL GAC035-171-293-222145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 343 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BUTTS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAMAR COUNTY...UPSON COUNTY AT 335 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM JACKSON IN BUTTS COUNTY ...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ANLSO 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, 2:05 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-222000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 200 PM EST SUN SEP 27 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES #918 AND #919 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. ...TORNADO WATCH #916 EXPIRED AT 200 PM EST. AT 200 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DAHLONEGA SOUTH TO ATLANTA...GRIFFIN...AND COLUMBUS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS IN WEST AND NORTH GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEST PART OF THE STATE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRESENTLY ONLY SCATTERED PATCHES` OF LIGHT RAIN WERE INDICATED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. REMAIN ALERT FOR DEVELOPING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 210 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 COUNTY........ TOWNS SOURCE........ HIWASSEE PD TIME.......... 1:45 PM EST LOCATION...... COUNTY WIDE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE ATTM DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE ATTM WARNING....... TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT ] d
Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:11 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
210 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
COUNTY........ UNION
SOURCE........ UNION COUNTY DISPARCH
TIME.......... 1:45 PM EST
LOCATION...... COUNTY WIDE
TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......... NONE ATTM
DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
INJURIES...... NONE ATTM
WARNING....... TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT
]
jLocal storm report, Nov 22, 2:16 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
215 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
COUNTY........ WHITE
SOURCE........ WHITE COUTY S.O.
TIME.......... 2:00 PM EST
LOCATION...... NORTH PART OF COUNTY
TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......... NONE ATTM
DAMAGE........ TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO VEHICLE ON HIWAY 129
INJURIES...... NONE ATTM
WARNING....... TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT
]Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:18 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 210 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 COUNTY........ UNION SOURCE........ UNION COUNTY DISPATCH TIME.......... 1:45 PM EST LOCATION...... COUNTY WIDE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE ATTM DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE ATTM WARNING....... TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT
Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:53 PM EST, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 250 PM EDT SUN NOV 22 1992 COUNTY..... SPALDING COUNTY SOURCE..... HAM SPOTTERS TIME....... APPROX 1355-1410 PM EST LOCATION... GRIFFIN - WEST ELLIS RD; UPPER HOLSEY RD; LINECREST RD. TYPE STORM. TORNADO - 3 REPORTS. DAMAGE..... DAMAGE TO HOUSES...MOBILE TRAILERS..TREES AND POWER LINES INJURIES... POSIBLE. COUNTY..... COBB COUNTY SOURCE..... HAM SPOTTER TIME....... 1216 PM EST LOCATION... ROBERTS RD. AND COBB PARKWAY. TYPE STORM. TORNADO DAMAGE..... TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN. COUNTY..... COBB COUNTY SOURCE..... HAM OPERATOR TIME... 1230 PM LOCATION.... SHILO RD AND WADE GREEN TYPE STORM... POSSIBLE, TORNADO DAMAGE.. 18 WHEELER OVER TURNED. INJURIES NONE COUNTY DOUGLAS COUNTY SOURCE DOUGLAS COUNTY POLICE LOCATION WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY ALONG POOL ROAD TYPE TORNADO INJURIES NONE REPORTED
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, 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, 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.