Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1992, 2:20 PM EDT for Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dooly County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 111820 SVRMCN GAC093-111900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 220 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...DOOLY COUNTY AT 215 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM A FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNADILLA IN NORTH DOOLY COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Jun 11, 12:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ002-004-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1255 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NEWTON AND BUTTS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BUTTS AND NEWTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AT 1245 PM KEDT. ALSO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOPE OVER ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE OCCURRANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
GAZ003-005-111815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 106 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA...EXCEPT FOR GWINNETT COUNTY. AT 1 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG THE GEORGIA ALABAMA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF CARROLLTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING CARROLL COUNTY AND NORTHERN HEARD COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
GAZ005-008-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 119 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 334 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND LARGE PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 8PM EDT TONIGHT. AT 115 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SCATTERED FROM MONTEZUMA TO NORTH OF MANCHESTER. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY ON THE TAYLOR-SCHLEY COUNTIES LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PO2SSIBLE HAIL. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:58 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ006-009-009-111900 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 155 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MACON COUNTY UNTIL 2 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN GEORGIA INCLUDING THE CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES OF CRAWFORD...MONROE...TAYLOR... AND MACON UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING. AT 155 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE OCCURRING IN MACON COUNTY NEAR THE TAYLOR COUNTY LINE. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTH DOOLY AND SOUTH HOUSTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 12 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:59 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ003-005-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 155 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA...EXCEPT FOR GWINNETT COUNTY. AT 150 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING NEAR THE GEORGIA ALABAMA BORDER IN CARROLL COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH HEARD...MERIWETHER...COWETA...AND TROUP COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ALABAMA JUST WEST OF POLK AND HARALSON COUNTIES. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICUL[T AND CAUSE RAPID INCREASES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. RESIDENTS SOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:08 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ005-006-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 207 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MACON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AT 2 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 334 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT TONIGHT. AT 2PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICTING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MACON COUNTY HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY HOWEVER THIS STORM REMAINS STRONG. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM LAKE BLACKSHEAR TO NORTH OF JUNCTION CITY GEORGIA. IN THIS AREA SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN ELLAVILLE AND REYNOLDS MOVING EAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN TAYLOR..MACON AND DOOLY COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATEHR RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 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.