Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 12, 1993, 2:39 AM EST for Glascock County, Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 1993, 2:39 AM EST (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 1993, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Glascock County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAGS 120740 SVRAGS GAC125-141-301-120845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 239 AM EST FRI FEB 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...GLASCOCK COUNTY...EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY ...WARREN COUNTY AT 235 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF SPARTA GEORGIA MOVING TO THE EAST 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY zLIGHTNING...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, Feb 11, 11:10 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1110 PM EST THU FEB 11 1993 ...DENSE FOG FORMING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO FORM ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. STATE PATROL OFFICES REPORT PATCHY DENSE FOG IN ALL SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE FOG IS REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO IN MANY PLACES. THE DENSE FOG WILL REMAIN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE VISIBILITY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTIONATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 11:45 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ005-120600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1145 PM EST THU FEB 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1145 PM EST WEATHER RADAR IN ATLANTA INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE ALABAMA BORDER INTO WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA. ONE STRONG STORM NEAR LA GRANGE MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVdY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 1:01 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
GAZ003-120700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 100 AM EST FRI FEB 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 100 AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE IN WEST PIKE COUNTY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THEY WILL BE ENTERING SOUTH SPALDING ...LAMAR...UPSON AND NORTH UPSON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 54 min |
| Feb 12, 1:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 29 min |
| Feb 12, 1:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 64 min |
| Feb 12, 1:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 66 min |
| Feb 12, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 2:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Feb 12, 2:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 2:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Feb 12, 2:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 38 min |
| Feb 12, 3:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.