Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1992, 7:48 PM EST for Lamar County, Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1992, 7:48 PM EST (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1992, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 310047 SVRATL GAC171-231-310130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 748 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY...EASTERN PIKE COUNTY AT 745 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVER THUNDERSTORM NEAR ZEBULON IN PIKE COUNTY MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTER SOUTH LAMAR COUNTY WITHIN 30 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY R AIN. 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 30, 6:28 PM EST, 1 hour 20 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, 55 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, 42 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, 28 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, 22 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 7:47 PM EST, 1 minute before
GAZ008-011-012-310145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 745 PM EST MON MAR 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 108 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTH GEORGIA AND NORTHERN FLORIDA UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 740 PM EST WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOTHAN ALABAMA TO ALBANY GEORGIA. THE LARGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM DOTHAN TO BLAKELY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN...OR AROUND...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY...AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 8
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, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Spalding | 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.