Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker 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
- Apr 15, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:50 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Dade, 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 KCHA 152246 SVRCHA GAC083-295-152330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 645 PM EDT WED APR 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DADE COUNTY...WALKER COUNTY AT 6:45 PM EDT CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN DADE COUNTY. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF TRENTON GA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERhY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Apr 15, 2:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ002-004-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 233 PM EDT WED APR 15 1992 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 225 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT ATHENS GEORGIA INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 85. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS PRODUCED BY ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY FORM AND MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE HOT AIRMASS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. PRESONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM.
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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.