Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1993, 6:51 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1993, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1993, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 TTAA00 KAGS 122252 RRA SVRAGS GAC033-122345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 651 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WESTERN BURKE COUNTY AT 645 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WESTERN BURKE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF VIDETTE. THIS STORM WAS SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AND MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR8 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, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 530 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS IN A BAND 50 MILES WIDE WHICH EXTENDS FROM MILLEDGEVILLE TO THE ATLANTA AREA AND WESTWARD TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA NORTHEASTWARD ALOBG THE NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS ANDn THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 530 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS IN A BAND 50 MILES WIDE WHICH EXTENDS FROM MILLEDGEVILLE TO THE ATLANTA AREA AND WESTWARD TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA NORTHEASTWARD ALOBG THE NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AND OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 630 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...50 MILES WIDE... EXTENDS FROM SWAINSBORO TO ATLANTA AND ROME GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:32 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 630 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...50 MILES WIDE... EXTENDS FROM SWAINSBORO TO ATLANTA AND ROME GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:32 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ001>003-122340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 635 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 630 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ROME EAST TO AROUND JASPER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 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 ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:35 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
GAZ001>003-122340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 635 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 630 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ROME EAST TO AROUND JASPER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 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 ISSUED.
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, 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, 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.