Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 5:42 PM EST for Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
- Nov 22, 1992, 5:42 PM EST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado F3 | Lincoln, GA | |
| Nov 22, 6:15 PM EST | Tornado F3 | Mccormick, SC |
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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 KAGS 222244 SVRAGS GAC181-SCC065-222330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 542 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA ...MCCORMICK COUNTY AT 542 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF LINCOLNTON IN LINCOLN GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 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
Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:10 PM EST, 3 hours 32 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, 3 hours 31 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, 3 hours 26 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, 3 hours 24 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, 2 hours 49 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
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 4:04 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 403 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 919 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST... AT 400 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MONROE AND UPSON COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ACROSS SCHLEY COUNTY TO NEAR BLAKELY IN EARLY COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN THE EVENT OF A TORNADO..MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA 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, 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, 6:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Columbia, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Nov 22, 6:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 30 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.