Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 5:14 PM EST for Crisp County, Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 30, 1992, 5:14 PM EST (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1992, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:20 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Crisp, 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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 KMCN 302215 SVRMCN GAC081-093-302300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 514 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY...DOOLY COUNTY AT 512 PM RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL NEAR VIENNA AND CORDELE...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY R+AINS 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 30, 11:22 AM EST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-301715 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1120 AM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 1115 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ...EXTENDING FROM NEAR COVINGTON IN NEWTON COUNTY TO NEAR BUTLER IN TAYLOR COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN MONROE COUNTY NORTH OF FORSYTH. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH THE MACON AREA BEFORE NOON...HOWEVER...MOST OF THEM WILL PASS NORTH OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA. STAY TURNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:06 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 202 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH ALABAMA... AT 158 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGIA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING SEMINOLE COUNTY AND ANOTHER WAS OVER DECATEUR COUNTY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA IN WEST CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AS WELL AS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AT THE APPROACH OF THUNDERSTORMS AND STAY THERE UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADAR FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 337 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH ALABAMA... AT 335 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF THE GEORGIA ALABAMA BORDER IN RUSSELL COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA AND WILL BE ENTERING NORTH EARLY AND SOUTH CLAY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHORTLY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST WEST OF ADEL IN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH GEORGIA. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...SOME GUSTY WIND...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES AND STAY THERE UNTIL IT PASSES...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 3:46 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 337 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH ALABAMA... AT 335 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF THE GEORGIA ALABAMA BORDER IN RUSSELL COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST HENRY COUNTY IN ALABAMA AND WILL BE ENTERING NORTH EARLY AND SOUTH CLAY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHORTLY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST WEST OF ADEL IN COOK COUNTY IN SOUTH GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...SOME GUSTY WIND...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPRROACHES AND STAY THERE UNTIL IT PASSES...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 4:47 PM EST, 27 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-302145 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 440 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH GEORGIA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 107 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...AND SOUTH GEORGIA UNTIL 700 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES TURNER...BEN HILL... AND IRWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. AT 435 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OCCURRING THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA ...MOSTLY SOUTH OF MACON. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR AMERICUS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 35/ MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.