Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 5:26 PM EST for Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1992, 5:26 PM EST (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 192231 COR SVRATL GAC123-227-192315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 526 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY...PICKENS COUNTY AT 520 PM EST...ATHENS RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST OF CHATSWORTH IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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 FLOOR 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, Mar 19, 2:41 PM EST, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 31 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
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:39 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
GAZ002-GA004-191730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 335 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EST... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR HALL...JACKSON AND MADISON ARE CAMCELLED... AT 330 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE CLARK HILL RESERVIOR...20 MILES WEST OF STATESBORO...5 MILES EAST OF LAKE JACKSON ...10 MI8LES NORTH OF COVINGTON AND 10 MILES WEST OF CUMMING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 4:01 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
GAZ002-GA004-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 353 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 AT 4 PM EST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL...WERE OCCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 4:56 PM EST, 30 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 455 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DODGE...LAURENS... MONTGOMERY...WHEELER AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 450 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON INDICATED VERY LITTLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES. HOWEVER...AS LONG AS THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT DEVE$LOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER MUST BE ANTICIPATED. THUNDERSTORMS...DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON PRODUCED SMALL HAIL OVER JONES...BLECKLEY...LAURENS AND SEVERAL OTHER CENTRAL GEORGIA LOCATIONS.
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 5:10 PM EST, 16 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 510 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 IS CANCELLED FOR DODGE...LAURENS...MONTGOMERY WHEELER AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT 505 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON INDICATED VERY LITTLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES. A SLIGHT CHANCE REMAINS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT WITH THE RAIN PROBABILITY AT 20 PERCENT. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE 40S. WIND SHOULD BE FROM THE WEST OR NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
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, 3:00 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, 5:55 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.