Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1993, 12:45 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1993, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1993, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 KAHN 241646 SVRAHN GAC139-241745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1245 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HALL COUNTY AT 1245 PM EDT...RADAAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BORDER OF BARROW AND HALL COUNTIES MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT PASTED OVER BARROW COUNTY. 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 24, 11:47 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
GAZ001-GAZ004-241730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1145 AM EDT THU JUNE 24 1993 AT 1140 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ...A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING OVER NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA AND ATHENS OVER LUMPKIN...GWINNETT...WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND DISSIPATE OVER NORTH GEORGIA TODAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AND COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE INTENSE STORMS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:47 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
GAZ001-GAZ004-241730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1145 AM EDT THU JUNE 24 1993 AT 1140 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ...A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING OVER NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA AND ATHENS OVER LUMPKIN...GWINNETT...WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND DISSIPATE OVER NORTH GEORGIA TODAY AS THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AND COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO0 A PLACE OF SAFETY AS SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE INTENSE STORMS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:27 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ002-004-241730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1227 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993 ATHENS RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER HALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LUMPKIN AND WHITE COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE MENTIONED COUNTIES...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MIGHT CAUSE SOME ROADS TO FLOOD AND SMALL CREEKS TO OVER FLOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:27 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ002-004-241730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1227 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993 ATHENS RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER HALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LUMPKIN AND WHITE COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE MENTIONED COUNTIES...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MIGHT CAUSE SOME ROADS TO FLOOD AND SMALL CREEKS TO OVER FLOW. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 69 min |
| Jun 24, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 53 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.