Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 1992, 12:16 PM EST for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 19, 1992, 12:16 PM EST (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1992, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forsyth County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:30 PM EST | Hail 1.5 | Forsyth, 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KATL 191716 TORATL GAC117-191745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1216 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...FORSYTH COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUMMING ALONG THE CHEROKEE AND FORSYTH COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 12:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 56 min |
| Mar 19, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 67 min |
| Mar 19, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 3:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Screven | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 65 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.