Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1992, 12:23 AM EST for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 1992, 12:23 AM EST (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 1992, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Heard County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 12:45 AM EST | Hail 1.75 | Heard, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 260524 SVRATL GAC149-260600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1223 AM EST WED FEB 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...HEARD COUNTY AT 1220 AM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE GEORGIA/ALABAMA BORDER WEST OF FRANKLIN IN HEARD COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH 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 F-LOOR 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
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 10:50 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ001-002-003-005-260530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1051 PM EST TUE FEB 25 1992 AT 1045 PM EST SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED IN COVERAGE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS EXTENDED FROM LA GRANGE AND THOMASTON NORTH TO AROUND ROME... CARTERSVILLE AND JASPER. A FEW OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITHz DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 11:37 PM EST, 46 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1135 PM EST TUE FEB 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 1130 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF4 HOURS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF ATLANTA AND JUST NORTH OF GRIFFIN. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 11:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 39 min |
| Feb 25, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 12:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 1:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 1:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 40 min |
| Feb 26, 3:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Spalding | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 4:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 68 min |
| Feb 26, 4:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 32 min |
| Feb 26, 4:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.