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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 10, 1992Butts County, Henry County, Georgia

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 5:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall48 min
Mar 10, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, White47 min
Mar 10, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton41 min
Mar 10, 6:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts27 min

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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.