Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 4:20 PM EDT for Jasper County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 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 26, 1992, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Jasper, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 262029 SVRMCN GAC159-262100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 420 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...JASPER COUNTY AT 430 PM EDT RADAR LOCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JASPER COUNTY NEAR MONTICELLO, GEORGIA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 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 26, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 230 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES...CLARKE...ELBERT...GREENE... MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...TALIAFERO AND WALTON. AT 230 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN ATHENS...LAGRANGE AND COLUMBUS GEORGIA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR AUGUSTA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DUBLIN GEORGIA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF ATHENS AND NEAR AUGUSTA AND DUBLIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT IN THE COUNTIES AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
GAZ003-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 235 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTA...CARROLLTON...LAGRANGE...BARNESVILLE...JACKSON...AND LAWRENCEVILLE. AT 2:30 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR LISTEM TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ003-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION TO HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 245 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATLANTA...CARROLLTON...LAGRANGE...BARNESVILLE...JACKSON...AND LAWRENCEVILLE. AT 2:30 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-262100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 301 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 300 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE NORTH AND WEST OF ALBANY AND OVER COOK AND COLQUITT COUNTIES. ALL SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF A STORM APPROACHES AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STApTEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
GAZ005-ALZ012-262115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 316 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 469 IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 315 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND GRIFFIN IN SPALDING COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EAST ALABAMA FROM JUST EAST OF MONTGOMERY TO SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF A STORM THREATENS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:03 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZ003-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 355 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE STORMS WERE IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM WOODBURY IN MERIWEATHER COUNTY ...EAST TO BARNESVILLE IN LAMAR COUNTY. ALSO...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR DALLAS IN PAULDING COUNTY AND ALONG THE GEORGIA...ALABAMA LINE NEAR LAGRANGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ZALESKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 57 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.