Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 3:00 PM EST for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1992, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bartow County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 KATL 192000 SVRATL GAC015-192030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 300 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...BARTOW COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF CARTERSVILLE...AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS LAKE ALLATOONA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE fTELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 1:47 PM EST, 1 hour 13 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, 1 hour 12 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, 46 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 OPERATORSpecial weather statement, Mar 19, 2:33 PM EST, 27 minutes before
GAZ006-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 230 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 225 PM EST MACON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ACROSS PULASKI...BLECKLEY...AND DODGE COUNTIES. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTH DOOLY COUNTY. OTHER THUNDER STORMS CONDINUED DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THE SHERIFFS OFFICES IN PULASKI AND BLECKLEY COUNTIES REPORTED SMALL HAIL AS THESE STORMS PASSED THROUGH WITHIN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED EITHER FROM THE HAIL OR WINDS.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 2:41 PM EST, 19 minutes before
GAZ002-GA004-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 235 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EST... ..NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA.. AT 230 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS WAS INDICATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON. STRONG THUNDERwSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER LAKE LANIER...5 MILES NORTH OF CUMMING AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF JASPER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Mar 19, 2:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 240 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992 COUNTY... CHEROKEE COUNTY SOURCE... SPOTTER #518 TIME..... 2:30 PM EST ON 3/19/92 LOCATION..... 1E BALL GROUND TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ 3/4 INCH HAIL SOURCE... CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT TIME..... 2:20 PM EST ON 3/19/92 LOCATION..... CUMMING TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ NICKLE-SIZED HAIL (.88 INCH) SOURCE... BALL GROUND POLICE DEPARTMENT TIME..... 11:55 AM EST ON 3/19/92 LOCATION..... BALL GROUND TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ QUARTER-SIZED HAIL (1.00 INCH) SOURCE... CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT TIME..... 2:10 PM EST ON 3/19/92 LOCATION..... BALL GROUND TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ NICKLE-SIZED HAIL (.88 INCH) COUNTY... FORSYTH COUNTY SOURCE... TELEVISION PERSONNEL FROM A PUBLIC REPORT TIME..... ABOUT 2:40 PM EST ON 3/19/92 LOCATION..... NORTHEAST OF CUMMING TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL (1.75 INCH) DAMAGE....... UNKNOWN INJURIES..... NONE
The 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, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 45 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, 3:02 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
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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.