Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1992, 5:51 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1992, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 6:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Twiggs County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 262153 SVRMCN GAC289-319-262300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 551 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TWIGGS COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY AT 545 PM EDT RADAR LOCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TWIGGS COUNTY NEAR JEFFERSONVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WILLKINSON COUNTY BY 600 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PR"OTECTION 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, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 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, 54 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, 51 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
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:02 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
GAZ003-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 455 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 450 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE STORMS WERE NORTH OF WOODBURY IN MERIWEATHER COUNTY...AND OVER THE NORTHEAST ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST FULTON...AND PORTIONS OF FAYETTE ...SPALDING AND PIKE COUNTIES BY 515 PM. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. RESIDENTS IN AND CLOSE TO 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, 5:07 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 504 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 500 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA AND ANOTHER STORM NEAR SYLVESTER IN WORTH COUNTY OF SOUTH GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS AND ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:39 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ003-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 535 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 530 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE OF THESE STORMS WERE NEAR DALLAS IN PAULDING COUNTY...NORTH OF LITHONIA IN DE KALB COUNTY...AND NEAR JONESBORO IN CLAYTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN COBB...SOUTHERN QWINNETT AND NORTH HENRY COUNTIES BY 545 PM. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. RESIDENTS IN AND CLOSE TO 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 WEATXHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. ZALESKI
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, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Putnam | 60 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.