Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1992, 6:20 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1992, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 KAGS 112221 SVRAGS GAC033-112300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 620 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BURKE COUNTY WEATHER RADARS IN ATHENS..AUGUSTA..AND WAYCROSS ALL INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 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 ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR dHOME 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, 4:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ002-004-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 455 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... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. PEOPLE OF NORTHEAST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW PLACES ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
GAZ002-004-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 505 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... REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING. PEOPLE OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW PLACES ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:28 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 530 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THE WACTH CONTINUES FOR PASPER...PUTNAM...MONROE...JONES...AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. AT 525 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. STvORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE NORTH OF MONTICELLO...NEAR EATONTON...EAST OF DUBLIN...AND NORTH OF SOPERTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:31 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT SPELLING JASPER COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 530 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM. IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THE WACTH CONTINUES FOR JASPER...PUTNAM...MONROE...JONES...AND BALDWIN COUNTIES. AT 525 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTeH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE NORTH OF MONTICELLO...NEAR EATONTON...EAST OF DUBLIN...AND NORTH OF SOPERTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:39 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-112345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 537 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 334 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 335 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA INCLUDING COLQUITT..COOK..BROOKS..WORTH..LOWNDES ..THOMAS..AND TIFT COUNTIES... AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN EUFAULA IN ALABAMA AND MACON GEORGIA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS. ALL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE AREA. MOVE INDOORS IF A STORM APPROACHES AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:46 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-112345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 537 PM EDT THU JUN 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 334 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 335 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA INCLUDING COLQUITT..COOK..BROOKS..WORTH.. ..THOMAS..AND TIFT COUNTIES... AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN EUFAULA IN ALABAMA AND MACON GEORGIA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS. ALL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST~ CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE AREA. MOVE INDOORS IF A STORM APPROACHES AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR 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, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 39 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.