Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1993, 9:14 PM EDT for Wheeler County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1993, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1993, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 120115 RRA SVRMCN GAC309-120215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 914 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WHEELER COUNTY AT 9:12 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF HELENA AND MT. VERNON. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN DRIFTING SOUTH. 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 11, 4:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ006-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 500 PM EDT FRI JUNE 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT... AT 4:55 PM EDT... RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS THROUGH COCHRANE GEORGIA TO AUGUSTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN COCHRANE AND EASTMAN IN NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY... AND NEAR ROCHELLE IN WILCOX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT MOVING... AND THIS INCREASES THE CHANCE OF FLOODING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY DEVELOP LOCALLY FROM THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ006-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 500 PM EDT FRI JUNE 11 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT... AT 4:55 PM EDT... RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AMERICUS THROUGH COCHRANE GEORGIA TO AUGUSTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN COCHRANE AND EASTMAN IN NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY... AND NEAR ROCHELLE IN WILCOX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT MOVING... AND THIS INCREASES THE CHANCE OF FLOODING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY DEVELOP LOCALLY FROM THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
GAZ006-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 500 PM EDT FRI JUNE 11 1993 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE... AT 5:55 PM EDT... RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS COUNTY... A FEW MILES SOUTH OF DUDLEY. WHILE IT WAS NOT SEVERE THIS STORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED AROUND CORDELE GEORGIA... OVER CRISP COUNTY. THIS AREA MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DRIFTING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH... AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
GAZ006-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 500 PM EDT FRI JUNE 11 1993 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE... AT 5:55 PM EDT... RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS COUNTY... A FEW MILES SOUTH OF DUDLEY. WHILE IT WAS NOT SEVERE THIS STORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED AROUND CORDELE GEORGIA... OVER CRISP COUNTY. THIS AREA MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DRIFTING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH... AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ006-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...TIME OF ISSUE CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 600 PM EDT FRI JUNE 11 1993 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE... AT 5:55 PM EDT... RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS COUNTY... A FEW MILES SOUTH OF DUDLEY. WHILE IT WAS NOT SEVERE THIS STORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED AROUND CORDELE GEORGIA... OVER CRISP COUNTY. THIS AREA MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DRIFTING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH... AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ006-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...TIME OF ISSUE CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 600 PM EDT FRI JUNE 11 1993 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE... AT 5:55 PM EDT... RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS COUNTY... A FEW MILES SOUTH OF DUDLEY. WHILE IT WAS NOT SEVERE THIS STORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED AROUND CORDELE GEORGIA... OVER CRISP COUNTY. THIS AREA MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DRIFTING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH... AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 9 min |
| Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 65 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.