Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1993, 4:03 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1993, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 312004 RRA SVRMCN GAC153-312100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 403 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 400 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF PERRY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, May 31, 3:13 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 310 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ WALTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 305 PM EDT LOCATION...... SOCIAL CIRCLE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN IN SOCIAL CIRCLE INJURIES...... WWUS35KCSG ,
Local storm report, May 31, 3:13 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 310 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ WALTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 305 PM EDT LOCATION...... SOCIAL CIRCLE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN IN SOCIAL CIRCLE INJURIES......
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:20 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
GAZ008-011-312030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 321 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 315 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR EDISON TO NEAR WARWICK GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE JUST NORTH OF ALBANY IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OF WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:21 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ008-011-312030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 321 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 315 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR EDISON TO NEAR WARWICK GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE JUST NORTH OF ALBANY IN DOUGHERTY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OF WARNINGS. & WWUS35KMCN ,
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:29 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-312100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 330 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 325 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDER- STORMS CONTINUIG OVER PARTS OF NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE FROM NEAR MACON TO UNADILLA ...AND BETWEEN FORSYTH AND MONTICELLO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...A LOT OF LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. SOME PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS AROUND AND NORTH OF MACON...RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE DAWN. :ANY MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THESE AREAS WILL LIKLEY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:30 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-312100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 330 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 325 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDER- STORMS CONTINUIG OVER PARTS OF NORTH...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. STRONGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA WERE FROM NEAR MACON TO UNADILLA ...AND BETWEEN FORSYTH AND MONTICELLO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...A LOT OF LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. SOME PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS AROUND AND NORTH OF MACON...RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE DAWN. ANY MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THESE AREAS WILL LIKLEY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WWUS35KSAC ,
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 36 min |
| May 31, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 60 min |
| May 31, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 59 min |
| May 31, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 53 min |
| May 31, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| May 31, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 55 min |
| May 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 70 min |
| May 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 70 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.