Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 12, 1993, 3:43 AM EST for Lincoln County, Georgia; McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 1993, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 1993, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, GA, McCormick County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAGS 120844 SVRAGS GAC181-SCC065-120930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 343 AM EST FRI FEB 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA ...MCCORMICK COUNTY AT 335 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF LINCONTON GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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, Feb 11, 11:10 PM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1110 PM EST THU FEB 11 1993 ...DENSE FOG FORMING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO FORM ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. STATE PATROL OFFICES REPORT PATCHY DENSE FOG IN ALL SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE FOG IS REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO IN MANY PLACES. THE DENSE FOG WILL REMAIN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE VISIBILITY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTIONATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 11:45 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ005-120600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1145 PM EST THU FEB 11 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1145 PM EST WEATHER RADAR IN ATLANTA INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE ALABAMA BORDER INTO WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA. ONE STRONG STORM NEAR LA GRANGE MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH TROUP AND MERIWETHER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVdY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 1:01 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
GAZ003-120700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 100 AM EST FRI FEB 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 100 AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE IN WEST PIKE COUNTY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THEY WILL BE ENTERING SOUTH SPALDING ...LAMAR...UPSON AND NORTH UPSON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 2:59 AM EST, 44 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ012-121000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 256 AM EST FRI FEB 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 253 AM EST WEATHER RADIO INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE NEAR HURTSBORO IN WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS..MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 3:05 AM EST, 38 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ012-121000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 256 AM EST FRI FEB 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 253 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE NEAR HURTSBORO IN WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS..MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 3:43 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330 AM EST FRI FEB 12 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 6AM EST THIS FRIDAY MORNING FOR FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXTRME NORTHERN PART. AT 330AM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AROUND AND SOUTHWEST OF THURMOND LAKE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN THURMOND LAKE AND ANDERSON WITH OTHERS NEAR GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG. MOVEMENT NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 54 min |
| Feb 12, 1:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts | 29 min |
| Feb 12, 1:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 64 min |
| Feb 12, 1:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 66 min |
| Feb 12, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 2:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Feb 12, 2:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 2:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Feb 12, 2:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 51 min |
| Feb 12, 2:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1993Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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.