Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1992, 10:09 PM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1992, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1992, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 210210 SVRAHN GAC137-241-210315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1009 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HABERSHAM COUNTY...EASTERN RABUN COUNTY AT 1010 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDRSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER THE CITY OF CORNELIA IN HABERSHAM COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING RABUN COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...A-ND 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, 8:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
GAZ006-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 820 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 815 PM RADAR SHOWED THUJNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF GEORGIA. STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE IN A LINE FROM WEST OF FORSYTH TO NEAR MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ROBERTA /AND FT VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING IN THE LARGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
GAZ006-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 820 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 815 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF GEORGIA. STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE IN A LINE FROM WEST OF FORSYTH TO NEAR MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ROBERTA AND FT VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING IN THE LARGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
GAZ002-004-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 830 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 AT 830 PM EST...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE IN EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND IN SOUTHEAST PICKENS COUNTY OF NORTH GEORGIA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES OF HALL...LUMPKIN AND DAWSON BY 930 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 8:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ002-004-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 830 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992 AT 830 PM EDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE IN EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND IN SOUTHEAST PICKENS COUNTY OF NORTH GEORGIA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTIES OF HALL...LUMPKIN AND DAWSON BY 930 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW E NFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:27 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 925 PM EST MON APR 20 1992 COUNTY... COWETA SOURCE... COUNTY SHERIFF AND GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME..... 717 PM EDT LOCATION..... AROUND GRANTVILLE TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ WINDS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 55 MILES AN HOUR DAMAGES...... POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN BY WINDS. INJURIES..... NONE COUNTY... DOUGLAS SOURCE... DOUGLASVILLE POLICE DEPT. TIME..... 724 PM EDT LOCATION..... DOUGLASVILLE TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ WINDS/ SMALL HAIL DAMAGES...... TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH HAIL LESS THAN 1/2 INCH. INJURIES..... NONE TIME..... 720 PM EDT LOCATION..... WINSTON TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ WINDS DAMAGES...... TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. INJURIES..... NONE COUNTY... CARROLL COUNTY SOURCE... CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT. TIME..... 717 PM EDT LOCATION..... VILLA RICA TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ WINDS/ HAIL UP TO GOLF-BALL SIZE DAMAGES...... TWO TREES ON TWO HOUSES. SCATTERED TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES OVER AREA. INJURIES..... NONE COUNTY... COBB COUNTY SOURCE... MILITARY METEOROLOGIST AND TV METEOROLOGIST TIME..... 752 PM EDT LOCATION..... MARIETTA TYPE STORM... THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ SMALL HAIL WITH GUSTS TO 38 KTS. DAMAGES...... NONE INJURIES..... NONE SOURCE... COBB COUNTY POLICE TIME..... 745 PM EDT LOCATION..... AT INTERSECTION I-575 AND I-75 TYPE STORM... THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ SMALL HAIL AT I-575 AND I-75 DAMAGES...... NONE INJURIES..... NONE COUNTY... CLAYTON COUNTY SOURCE... TV METEOROLOGIST AND CLAYTON COUNTY SHERIFF TIME..... ABOU)T 755 PM EDT LOCATION..... 1S JONESBORO ON GA HIGHWAY 138 TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ WIND DAMAGES...... TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED INJURIES..... NONE
Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:48 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 945 PM EST MON APR 20 1992 COUNTY... PAULDING SOURCE... COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT. TIME..... ABOUT 725 PM EDT LOCATION..... DALLAS TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ FLASH FLOODING DAMAGES...... THREE ROADS CLOSED WHEN 2 FEET OF WATER ROSE ON THEM. INJURIES..... NONE TIME..... ABOUT 725 PM EDT LOCATION..... HIRAM TYPE STORM... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT........ WINDS DAMAGES...... POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN; SCATTERED LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN AND ONE TREE BLOCKED A ROAD IN HIRAM. INJURIES..... NONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 52 min |
| Apr 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.