Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1993, 4:34 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1993, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 122035 RRA SVRMCN GAC169-122130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 434 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JONES COUNTY AT 4:32 PM... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY NEAR ARKWRIGHT... THAT IS ON THE NORTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF MACON. THE STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT... BUT MAY SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF JONES COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 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 12, 3:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
GAZ006-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 315 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT... AT 305 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROBERTA AND KNOXVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WAS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AT 305 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WHICH INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF STREET FLOODING NEAR THE HEAVY RAINFALL UNDER SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS NEAR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER AND SHOULD EXPECT LIGHTNING...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CASE STREET AND ROADWAY FLOODING.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
GAZ006-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTS LAST LINE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 315 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT... AT 305 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROBERTA AND KNOXVILLE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WAS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AT 305 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WHICH INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF STREET FLOODING NEAR THE HEAVY RAINFALL UNDER SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS NEAR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER AND SHOULD EXPECT LIGHTNING...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE STREET AND ROADWAY FLOODING.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:47 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
GAZ001>003-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 347 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 340 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF MCDONOUGH...NEAR ZEBULON...JUST NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE AND...NEAR CARROLLTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT 310 PM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN UPSON COUNTY REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THE EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:48 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ001>003-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 347 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 340 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF MCDONOUGH...NEAR ZEBULON...JUST NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE AND...NEAR CARROLLTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT 310 PM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN UPSON COUNTY REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THE EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR. P ERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:29 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-122130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 430 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM MACON TO ATLANTA AND EXTENDS WESTWARD TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-122130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 430 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM MACON TO ATLANTA AND EXTENDS WESTWARD TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wheeler | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 54 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.