Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT for Jasper County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 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, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, GA, Putnam County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Putnam, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 262102 RRA SVRMCN GAC159-237-262200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...JASPER COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 500 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER JASPER COUNTY NORTH OF MONTICELLO AND OVER PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR EATONTON. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 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 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 26, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 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 41 minutes 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, 57 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:47 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 444 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 469 IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 440 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HURTSBORO IN RUSSELL COUNTY OF EAST ALABAMA TO NEAR NEWNAN IN COWETA COUNTY OF WEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR HURTSBORO AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A STORM APPROACHES AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:57 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 COUNTY........ BARROW SOURCE........ EMA TIME.......... 230 PM EDT LOCATION...... HWY 324, AUSTIN AND JACKSON TRAIL RD. TYPE STORM.... TSTM HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ CHICKEN HOUSES...TREES AND PWR LINES DOWN.TWO HOUSES DAMAGED ) INJURIES...... NONE
Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 COUNTY........ CLARKE SOURCE........ SOFTBALL COACH TIME.......... 3:15 PM EDT LOCATION...... BISHOP PARK...NEAR ATHENS TYPE STORM.... TSTM HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ BRADFORD PEAR TREE BLOWN OVER ON TWO CARS INJURIES...... NONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.