Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 6:30 PM EST for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 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, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1992, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:36 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Fayette, 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 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 302337 COR SVRATL GAC077-113-300015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ... CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 630 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...EASTERN COWETA COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 620 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AROUND NEWNAN IN COWETA COUNTY. PEA- TO MARBLE- SIZED HAIL FELL IN NEWNAN. ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWNAN ...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES DEVELOPED. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EASTERN COWETA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AnN 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 30, 3:46 PM EST, 2 hours 44 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, 1 hour 43 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 5:20 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 520 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WEST GEORGIA MOVING TOWARD CARROLTON... AT 510 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES WEST OF CARROLLTON IN CARROLL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 40 MPH. THIS STORM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL IN BOWDEN IN SOUTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF CARROLL...SOUTH DOUGLAS...SOUTHWEST FULTON AND NORTH COWETA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THIS STORM AND PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 6:11 PM EST, 19 minutes before
GAZ005-011-310015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 608 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 AT 605 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR OPELIKA ALABAMA TO NEAR TALBOTTON GEORGIA. THESE THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING IN PHENIX CITY ALABAMA...COLUMBUS GEORGIA AREA WITH IN THE MEXT HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STR7ONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 6:19 PM EST, 11 minutes before
GAC077-113-063-151-302315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 615 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...AT 610 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF NEWNAN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH... AT 610 PM EST THIS EVENING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG TH 5 MILES NORTH OF NEWNAN. THE NEWNAN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM MAY ALSO BWE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 45 MPH. THIS SPEED AND MOVEMENT WILL TAKE IT INTO FAYETTE...SOUTH CLAYTON AND WEST HENRY COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF THIS STORM AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 6:28 PM EST, 2 minutes before
GAC077-113-063-151-302315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 625 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...AT 610 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF NEWNAN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH... AT 610 PM EST THIS EVENING WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF NEWNAN. THE NEWNAN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM MAY ALSO BWE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 45 MPH. THIS SPEED AND MOVEMENT WILL TAKE IT INTO FAYETTE...SOUTH CLAYTON AND WEST HENRY COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF THIS STORM AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 31 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.