Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1992, 4:06 PM EDT for Clarke County, Madison County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1992, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarke County, GA, Madison County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 012006 RRA SVRAHN GAC059-195-221-012215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 406 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...CLARKE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY AT 4 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF ATHENS AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WARNED COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ST_ORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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
Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
155 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992
REF STORM ACTIVITY 7/1/92
COUNTY..... SUMTER, GEORGIA
SOURCE..... SUMTER SHERIFF OFFICE
TIME....... 125 PM EDT/1735Z
LOCATION... CITY OF AMERICUS...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CITY
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORETED
DAMAGE..... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...POWER OUT FOR
UP TO AN HOUR.Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
205 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992
REF STORM ACTIVITY 7/1/92
COUNTY..... LEE, GEORGIA
SOURCE..... LEE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE AND LEE EMERGENCY MGMT
TIME....... 130 PM EDT/1735Z
LOCATION... SCATTERED THROUGHOUT COUNTY.
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORETED
DAMAGE..... A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...BRIEF POWER
OUTAGES...ALL DUE PRIMARILY TO WIND.Special weather statement, Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
GAZ002-004-020115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 310 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 511 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES...CLARKE...MADISON...ELBERT... OGLETHORPE...JACKSON...MORGAN...TALIAFERRO...FRANKLIN...OCONEE... WALTON AND GREENE. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE PERIOD OF THE SEVERE THUNDEgRSTORM WATCH AND TAKE PRECAUTIONARY ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OF REPORTED.
Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
350 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992
REF STORM ACTIVITY 7/1/92
COUNTY..... RUSSELL, ALABAMA
SOURCE..... LEE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE AND LEE EMERGENCY MGMT
aTIME....... 250 PM EDT/1735Z
LOCATION... PHENIX CITY AREA
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORETED
DAMAGE..... A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...BRIEF POWER
OUTAGES...ALL DUE PRIMARILY TO WIND.Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:52 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO SOURCE OF REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
350 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992
REF STORM ACTIVITY 7/1/92
COUNTY..... RUSSELL, ALABAMA
SOURCE..... RUSSELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TIME....... 250 PM EDT/1735Z
LOCATION... PHENIX CITY AREA
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORETED
DAMAGE..... A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...BRIEF POWER
OUTAGES...ALL DUE PRIMARILY TO WIND.Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:56 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GA
350 PM EDT WED JUL 1 1992
REF STORM ACTIVITY 7/1/92
COUNTY..... MUSCOGEE, GEORGIA
SOURCE..... COLUMBUS 911...MUSCOGEE CO. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TIME....... 245-255 PM EDT/1945-1955Z
LOCATION... SCATTERED THROUGHOUT COLUMBUS
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... PEA SIZE
DAMAGE..... A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...BRIEF POWER
OUTAGES...ALL DUE PRIMARILY TO WIND.
WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT NWS OFFICE IN COLUMBUS AT 249 PM.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Emanuel, Jenkins | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 55 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.