Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1992, 3:51 PM EDT for Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 111952 SVRATL GAC067-121-112100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 351 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...COBB COUNTY...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY NEAR MABLETON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH WHICH WILL BRING IT ACROSS NORTH FULTON COUNTY IN THE SANDY SPRINGS AND ROSWELL AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STwRONG 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, Jun 11, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 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 52 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 43 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, 53 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, 28 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-112100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 335 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE SOUTHERN TWO- THIRDS OF GEORGIA...INCLUDING ALL OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER MOST OF GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTH PULASKI...WILCOX...AND SOUTH DODGE COUNTIES. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF ROBERTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 12 MPH. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING\ AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL 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, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 62 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.