Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 7:33 PM EST for Butts County, Lamar County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1992, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1992, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butts County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 310032 SVRATL GAC035-255-171-310115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 733 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...WESTERN BUTTS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...EASTERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY AT 730 PM EST WEATWER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRIFFIN MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL TO 1/2 INCH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WEST BUTTS AND NORTH LAMAR COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 6:19 PM EST, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 5 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.
Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:53 PM EST, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 7 PM MON MAR 30 1992 COUNTY..... CRISP SOURCE..... CRISP CO. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. TIME....... 520 PM EST LOCATION... CORDELE. TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... THREE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER. DAMAGE..... UNKN INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:06 PM EST, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
705 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992
COUNTY... FAYETTE
SOURCE... NWS PERSONNEL
TIME..... 636 PM EST
LOCATION..... PEACHTREE CITY
TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
EVENT........ NICKLE-SIZED HAIL
COUNTY... COWETA
SOURCE... COUNTY SHERIFF AND NWS PERSONNEL
TIME..... 620 PM EST
LOCATION..... NEWNAN AND 8SE NEWNAN
TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
EVENT........ PEA- TO MARBLE-SIZED HAIL AROUND NEWNANY
FEW STONES UP TO 1.5 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF NEWNANLocal storm report, Mar 30, 7:20 PM EST, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 715 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 COUNTY... COWETA SOURCE... COUNTY SHERIFF AND GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME..... 700 PM EST LOCATION..... AROUND GRANTVILLE TYPE STORM... POSSIBLE TORNADO EVENT........ UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED NORTH OF GRANTVILLE IN SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY. A ROOF WAS REPORTED BLOWN OFF HOUSE NEAR MORELAND. DAMAGES...... UNKNOWN INJURIES..... UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 7:26 PM EST, 7 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-310200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 725 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 108 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTH GEORGIA... AT 720 PM RADAR DID NOT SHOW ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA....HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM EAST OF LAGRANGE TO NEAR GRIFFIN. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTH OF THE MBACON AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 42 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.