Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1992, 3:28 PM EDT for Coweta County, Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 4:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Coweta, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 111929 SVRATL GAC077-113-112030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 328 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...EASTERN COWETA COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 328 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN COWETA COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SHOULD MOVE INTO FAYETTE COUNTY DURING THE NEST HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN COWETA COUNTY AND ALL OF FAYETTE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 OON 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, Jun 11, 1:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes 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, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 29 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, 1 hour 20 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:58 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
GAZ002-004-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 258 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NEWTON AND BUTTS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORGAN...GREENE...OCONEE... TALIAFERRO...AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORGAN...GREENE...OCOXNEE...TALIAFERRO AND WALTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:23 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-112130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 322 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WACH NUMBER 334 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT TONIGHT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 335 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 315 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS..TWO BETWEEN JUNCTION CITY AND TALBOTTON.. A STRONG STORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMERICUS..AND A STORM BETWEEN RENOYLDS AND BUTLER. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 12 MILES AN HOURT. PERSONS FROM TALBOT TO SUMTER COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. LISTEN TO NOAA WETHER 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, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 40 min |
| 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, 3:51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.