Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1992, 6:04 PM EST for Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1992, 6:04 PM EST (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 423 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 425 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 102305 SVRAHN GAC297-102345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 604 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...WALTON COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF DEKALB COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 M.P.H. NICKLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS JUST ENTERING WALTON COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...A ND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Mar 10, 4:39 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 435 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 430 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CLAYTON TO GAINESVILLE TO CONYERS AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE PAST HOUR A RADIO STATION REPORTED SMALL HAIL JUST NORTH OF CLAYTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE AND JUST WEST OF DAWSONVILLE. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST GEORGIA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY OTHERS TO DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN TIP OF NORTH CAROLINA AND PATCHES OF RAIN CONTINUED OVER WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:59 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 500 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH FULTON AND FORSYTH COUNTIES... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT TO CUMMING IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE CELLS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE CELLS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH DEKALB AND GWINNETT COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN NORTH FULTON...FORSYTH...GWINETT...AND NORTH DEKALB SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:45 PM EST, 19 minutes before
GAZ003-102330 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 543 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AND WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM THOMASTON TO STOCKBRIDGE TO CONYERS. THESE STORMS MOVE EAST WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN BUTTS...ROCKDALE...UPSON...PIKE...HENRY...SPALDING...AND LAMAR COUNTIES SHOULD ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:47 PM EST, 17 minutes before
GAZ003-102330 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA...CORRECTION 543 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AND WAS MOVING EAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM THOMASTON TO STOCKBRIDGE TO CONYERS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN BUTTS...ROCKDALE...UPSON...PIKE...HENRY...SPALDING...AND LAMAR COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROA)CH OF THESE STORMS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS.
Local storm report, Mar 10, 5:59 PM EST, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 600 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 COUNTY... GWINNETT COUNTY SOURCE... PUBLIC TIME..... ABOUT 555 PM EST 3/10/92 LOCATION... GRAYSON TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT....... NICKLE-SIZED HAIL DAMAGE...... UNKNOWN INJURIES.... NONE
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 6:02 PM EST, 2 minutes before
GAZ002-004-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 600 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EST. ...BANKS...BARROW...BUTTS...CLARKE...ELBERT...FRANKLIN...GREENE.. HART...JACKSON...MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE... STEPHENS...TALIAFERRO AND WALTON. STORMS THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF A RAPID MOVING COLD FRONT THAT WAS CROSSING THE STATE. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 5:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, White | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 27 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.