Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1992, 5:36 PM EDT for Carroll County, Douglas County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 27, 1992, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Paulding County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Paulding, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 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 272136 TORATL GAC045-097-223-272230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 536 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY...DOUGLAS COUNTY...PAULDING COUNTY A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFICIALS IN NORTHERN HEARD COUNTY AT 520 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON TH*E LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 31 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.