Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1992, 7:59 PM EDT for Burke County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1992, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burke County, GA, Jenkins County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 KAGS 210001 SVRAGS GAC033-165-210100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 759 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BURKE COUNTY...NORTHERN JENKINS COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 755 PM INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BURKE AND JENKINS COUNTIES IN GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TOWNS OF WAYNESBORO, MUNNERLYN, PERKINS AND SARDIS ARE IN THE PATHE OF THESE STORMS. 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.
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 20, 3:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
GAZ001-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 345 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA AROUND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CHEROKEE AND DEKALB COUNTIES IN ALABAMA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN CHATTOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES BY 4 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN. ALL PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE OUTDOORS...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SyIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 402 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH 159...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 160...REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ALABAMA... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA...AND SOME REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. AT 355 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ANNISTON ALABAMA SOUTH TO MONTGOMERY...GREENVILLE AND EVERGREEN ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF SPEED...THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WOULD REACH THE LAGRANGE...PHENIX CITY AND COLUMBUS AREAS SOMETIME BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM EDT. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW THUNDERSTORMS AT ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. e
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-202215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 514 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 162 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT...FOR LARGE PARTS OF GEORGIA...ALABAMA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THIS WATCH REPLACES EARLIER WATCHES 159 AND 160. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 505 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN A NEARLY SOLID LINE FROM ASHLAND AND ALEXANDER CITY ALABAMA SOUTH TO TROY AND ENTERPRISE ALABAMA. OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR BLAKELY AND ARLINGTON...ALSO BETWEEN MOULTRIE AND TIFTON GEORGIA. IT STILL APPEARS THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PHENIX CITY...LAGRANGE AND COLUMBUS AREAS SOME TIME BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM EDT. PEOPLE OVER EXTREME EAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
GAZ001-003-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 605 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD PUSHED INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 6PM THIS EVENING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR CHATSWORTH IN EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO JUST EAST OF ROME TO NEAR LAGRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY. DURING THE PAST HOUR THE STORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA HAD DECREASED IN STRENGTH...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 162 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BACK IN ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ADDITIONAL STATEMETS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. PEOPLE IN WEST GE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THESE STORMS INCREASE AND MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
GAZ002-004-210200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
653 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THIS
EVENING:
...BANKS...BARROW...BUTTS...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL
...JACKSON...JASPER...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...
OCONEE...PUTNAM...RABUN...STEPHENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALTON...
AND WHITE.
AT 645 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA SOUTHWARD ALONG THE STATE LINE.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD AND SHOULD EFFECT MOST
OF THE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING.
PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER
QUICKLY IN THE EVENT THAT A WARNING IS ISSUED.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:47 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-210045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 744 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY OF ALABAMA ALSO THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN GEORGIA...HARRIS...MUSCOGEE...AND CHATTAHOOCHEE... HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 738 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED A LINE OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ATLANTA GEORGIA SOUTH TO WOODBURY...TALBOTTAN...BUENA VISTA...LUMPKIN AND COLEMAN GEORGIA IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. AROUND 7 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITY AREAS...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 29 MPH...ALONG WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA-SIZE HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA AND LEE COUNTY ALABAMA. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS...PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, Paulding | 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.