Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 2:30 PM EST for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1992, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilkes County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KAGS 191930 RRA SVRAGS GAC317-192015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 230 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...WILKES COUNTY AT 225 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WILKES COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST 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 pALERT 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
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 12:48 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
GAZ002-GA004-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1245 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1 PM EST... AT 1230 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED OVER OVER HALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER GWINNETT AND DEKALB COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
GAZ006-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 100 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN JONES COUNTY... AT 150 PM EST MACON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER JONES COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL APPROACH MILLEDGEVILLE AND LAKE SINCLAIR BY 115 PM EST. PERSONS IN JONES AND BALDWIN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS LIaGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH. PERSONS ON LAKE SINCLAIR SHOULD TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ006-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME IN FIRST LINE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 100 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN JONES COUNTY... AT 1250 PM EST MACON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER JONES COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL APPROACH MILLEDGEVILLE AND LAKE SINCLAIR BY 115 PM EST. PERSONS IN JONES AND BALDWIN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH. PERSONS ON LAKE SINCLAIR SHOULD TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 1:47 PM EST, 43 minutes before
GAZ002-GA004-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 137 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BARROW...CLARKE... OCONEE...BANKS...AND WALTON AT 137 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WERE INDICATED OVER ATHENS...ELBERTON AND HARTWELL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA 5 MILES NORTH OF ROME AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 1:48 PM EST, 42 minutes before
GAZ008-191945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 146 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 140 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OCCURRING FROM JUST WEST OF ALBANY TO MONTEZUMA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES WEST OF LEESBURG MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..STRONG WINDS..DANGERS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY R$AIN AS IT MOVES ACROSS LEE AND WORTH COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THIS STORM SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 19, 2:14 PM EST, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
210 PM THU MARCH 19 1992
DATE/TIME LOCATION EVENT
19/1325E BANKS AND JACKSON PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
COUNTIES GUSTS TO 45 MPH/BY SPOTTER
19/1215E 3 EAST DAWSONVILLE MARBLE SIZE HAIL/BY SPOTTER
19/1342E HALL COUNTY MARBLE SIZE HAIL/BY SPOTTER
19/1310E WINDER IN BARROW 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS/HAIL
C}OUNTY LARGER THAN A QUARTER
REPORTED BY SHERRIF DEPT
19/1342E ATHENS...UNIVERSITY 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL...BY
CAMPUS HAM RADIO OPERATORThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 12:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 56 min |
| Mar 19, 12:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 67 min |
| Mar 19, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 3:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Screven | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 65 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.