Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1992, 6:14 PM EST for Butts County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1992, 6:14 PM EST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1992, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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
- 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4:59 PM EST, 1 hour 15 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, 29 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, 27 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, 15 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, 12 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 6:13 PM EST, 1 minute before
GAZ002-004-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED SPELLING... 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. STRONG 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 GEOR7GIA 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, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 27 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.