Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1992, 7:51 PM EDT for Dade County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1992, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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
- 1157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 242352 RRA SVRCHA GAC047-083-295-250100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 751 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CATOOSA COUNTY...DADE COUNTY...WALKER COUNTY ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 750 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER DADE AND WALKER COUNTIES MOVING EAST TOWARD CATOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. REPORTS OF HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM DADE COUNTY IN GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY 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 24, 7:24 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
GAZ002-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 725 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... AT 720 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. IN ADDITION TO INTENSE LIGHTNING...SOME WERE PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND MAY MOVE INTO THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF GEORGIA BY 8 P M EDT. PEOPLE IN MURRAY...FANNIN...GILMER...AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 69 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.