Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1992, 10:10 PM EST for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1992, 10:10 PM EST (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 070310 SVRAHN GAC105-070415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1010 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...ELBERT COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO THE WEST PART OF ELBERT COUNTY AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE HISTORY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH ELBERT COUNTY AND INTO SOUTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE 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.
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, Mar 6, 8:37 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 840 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ MONROE POLICE DEPARTMENT TIME.......... 825 PM EST LOCATION...... IN MONROE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... GOLF BALL SIZE DAMAGE........ NONE AT THIS TIME INJURIES...... UNK
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 8:49 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ001>GAZ003-GAZ005-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 850 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 47 CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA...BUT CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA... WHILE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE THIS EVENING. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WALKER...WHITFIELD...MURRAY...FANNIN...GILMER...PICKENS...DAWSON... CHATTOOGA...GORDON...FLOYD...BARTOW...POLK...CHEROKEE...FORSYTH... HARALSON...PAULDING...COBB...CARROLL...DOUGLAS...FULTON...GWINNETT... DE KALB...HEARD...COWETA...FAYETTE...CLAYTON...HENRY...ROCKDALE... TROUP...MERIWETHER...AND SPAULDING. . REPEATING...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES ONLY. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1=0 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
Local storm report, Mar 6, 9:09 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 910 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 COUNTY........ MORGAN SOURCE........ HAM RADIO NETWORK TIME.......... 900 PM EST LOCATION...... NORTHEAST MORGAN COUNFTY TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... GOLF BALL SIZE (ESTIMATED ONE INCH DIA) DAMAGE........ NONE AT THIS TIME INJURIES...... UNK
Local storm report, Mar 6, 9:13 PM EST, 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 912 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ OCONEE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TIME.......... 900 PM EST LOCATION...... COUNTYW|IDE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... UNK DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... UNK
Local storm report, Mar 6, 9:14 PM EST, 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 914 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 COUNTY........ OCONEE SOURCE........ OCONEE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TIME.......... 900 PM EST LOCATION...... SOUTHERN OCONEE COUNTY TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NICKLE SIZE DAMAGE........ UNK INJURIES...... UNK
Local storm report, Mar 6, 9:46 PM EST, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 945 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 COUNTY........ GREENE SOURCE........ GREENE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 930 PM EST LOCATION...... IN GRESHASMVILLE (WESTERN GREENE COUNTY) TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NICKLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE DAMAGE........ UNK INJURIES...... UNK
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, 8:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 60 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, 10:15 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.