Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1993, 3:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1993, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1993, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Towns County, GA, White County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1976 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 051930 SVRFFC GAC137-241-281-311-052030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 328 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HABERSHAM COUNTY...RABUN COUNTY...TOWNS COUNTY ...WHITE COUNTY AT 327 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEB THE CITIES OF BLAIRSVILLE...CLAYTON AND DAHLONEGA GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...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, Jun 5, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ002-052015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 208 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 AT 205 PM EDT A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED MOVING INTO WESTERN UNION COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING EAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN UNION COUNTY AS WELL AS OTHER NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTER- NOON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
GAZ002-052015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 208 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 AT 205 PM EDT A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED MOVING INTO WESTERN UNION COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING EAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN UNION COUNTY AS WELL AS OTHER NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85 SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTEZR- NOON. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WIND AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:45 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
GAZ002-004-052045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 245 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ALL IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURRS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY ELEMENTS OF THUNDERSTORMS. STAY CLEAR OF METAL OBJECTS AND TREES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:46 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ002-004-052045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 245 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ALL IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURRS. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY ELEMENTS OF THUNDERSTORMS. STAY CLEAR OF METAL OBJECTS AND TREES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
GAZ001-003-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 325 PM EST SAT JUNE 5 1993 ...PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9:00 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE AIR MASS OVER GEORGIA IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT IS JUST ENTERING THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TO BE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE BY MIDNIGHT. AT 320 PM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST CELL IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WAS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST HARALSON COUNTY. AFTERNOON HEATING PLUS THE PRESENCE OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH WILL COMBINE WITH THE ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO CAUSE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...LISTEN FOR UPDATES BY STAYING TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AS THE SITUATION WARRA>NTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:25 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
GAZ001-003-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 325 PM EST SAT JUNE 5 1993 ...PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9:00 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE AIR MASS OVER GEORGIA IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT IS JUST ENTERING THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TO BE OVER THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE BY MIDNIGHT. AT 320 PM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST CELL IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WAS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST HARALSON COUNTY. AFTERNOON HEATING PLUS THE PRESENCE OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH WILL COMBINE WITH THE ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO CAUSE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...LISTEN FOR UPDATES BY STAYING TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AS THE SITUATION WARRANTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 45 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.