Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1992, 4:23 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 1992, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 212023 SVRMCN GAC315-212115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 423 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WILCOX COUNTY AT 420 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF ROCHELLE IN SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. 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 SHOGULD 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
Local storm report, Apr 21, 1:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
125 PM TUE APR 21 1992
..STORM REPORTS FOR WARNINGS APR 20TH...
COUNTY..... RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA
SOURCE..... ALABAMA ELECTRIC
TIME....... AROUND 6PM EDT
LOCATION... HEROD GEORGIA
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... PEA SIZE HAIL
DAMAGE..... TREE LIMBS AND TREES DOWN WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES...
COUNTY..... HARRIS
SOURCE..... COLUMBUS WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
TIME....... BETWEEN 630 AND 7PM EDT
LOCATION... AROUND HARRIS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND 5 MILES NE
0F HAMILTON.
HAIL...... DIME SIZE 5 MILES NE OF HAMILTON.
DAMAGE.... NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL.Special weather statement, Apr 21, 2:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-212000
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
205 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 164 EXPIRED AT 200 PM EDT...
...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO AND DEVELOPING OVER
CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 155 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR ARLINGTON IN CALHOUN COUNTY
EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY ON TO ATHENS IN
CLARKE COUNTY.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WAS ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE AND MOVING
SLOWLY EASTWARD. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OUT IN THE AREA LAHEAD OF THE LINE
DUE TO AFTERNOON HEATING.
PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXPECT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY
WIND...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PASS LOCALLY.Special weather statement, Apr 21, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
GAZ002-004-211915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 207 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT INCLUDED PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 200 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER MORGAN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF MADISON. PERSONS IN MORGAN..OCONEE..AND CLARKE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA VSHOULD BE ALERT AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ008-011-006-212100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 300 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 165 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 255 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR COLQUITT IN MILLER COUNTY GEORGIA ACROSS THE OGLETHORPE AREA IN MACON COUNTY TO JONES COUNTY. STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER TERRELL...SUMTER...AND MACON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SOME HAIL. MOVE INDOORS IF A STORM APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 3:37 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-212200
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
338 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 165 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART
OF GEROGIA UNTIL 8 00 PM EDT...
...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THRU AND DEVELOPING OVER THE
CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA...
AT 335 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBANY AND ASHBURN NORTHEAST TO MACON AND ON TO
WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OUT IN THE AREA AHEAD OF THE
LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AS FAR EAST AS NEAR DUBLIN.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MERGING WITH THE GENERAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL FORM A BROAD AREA ABOUT
50 MILES WIDE. AT THAT TIME THE LINE WILL PROBABLY LOOSE ITS IDENTITY
OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO EVENING HOURS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE.
PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXPECT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY
WIND...BRIEFV PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PASS LOCALLY.Local storm report, Apr 21, 3:58 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
358 PM TUE APR 21 1992
..STORM REPORTS FOR WARNINGS APR 20TH...
COUNTY..... RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA
SOURCE..... ALABAMA ELECTRIC
TIME....... AROUND 6PM EDT
LOCATION... BETWEEN HURTSBORO AND SOCIETY HILL
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... PEA SIZE HAIL
DAMAGE..... TREE LIMBS AND TREES DOWN WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES...
COUNTY..... HARRIS
SOURCE..... COLUMBUS WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
TIME....... BETWEEN 630 AND 7PM EDT
LOCATION... AROUND HARRIS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND 5 MILES NE
0F HAMILTON.
HAIL...... DIME SIZE 5 MILES NE OF HAMILTON.
DAMAGE.... NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 66 min |
| Apr 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins | 40 min |
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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.