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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 12, 1993Burke County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1993, 7:40 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1993, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
65 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, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 451 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

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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, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 5 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, 7:30 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWheeler61 min
Jun 12, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll54 min
Jun 12, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones56 min
Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens9 min
Jun 12, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson64 min
Jun 12, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke54 min

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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.