Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1993, 4:22 PM EDT for Cobb County, DeKalb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1993, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1993, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cobb County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 WUUS1 KATL 242024 SVRFFC GAC067-089-121-242115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 422 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHEASTERN COBB COUNTY...WESTERN DEKALB COUNTY ...CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY AT 415 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE DEKALB-FUNLTON COUNTY LINE WEST OF DECATUR MOVING OVER THE DOWNTOWN ATLANTA AREA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS AS THESE SEVERE STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. 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, 3:49 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ001-GAZ003-242130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 345 PM EDT THU JUNE 24 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AT RUSH HOUR... AT 340 PM...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 NORTHWEST GEORGIA. ONE BAND OF INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MACON WHILE A SECOND BAND EXTENDED FROM CEDARTOWN NORTH TO NEAR CHATTANOOGA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND DISSIPATE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS THE ATMOSPHERE FAVORS RANDOM THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN A HOUR ...AND COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS 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
Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:58 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECT TIMES ON ISSUANCE AND OCCURRENCE. CORRECTED TO EDT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
400 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993
COUNTY......COLQUITT COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......COLQUITT COUNTY EMA
TIME........AROUND 910 PM EDT 6/23/93
LOCATION....IN SOUTHWEST COLQUITT COUNTY
TYPE STORM..THUNDERSTORM..SUSPECT DOWNBURST.
DAMAGE......2 BUILDINGS..ONE HOME HEAVILY DAMAGED AND IN MIDDLE OF ROAD.
OTHER HOUSE FOR AN AIRPLANE..BUILDING COLLAPSED AND PLANE
UPSIDE DOWN ON TOP OF DAMAGED BUILDING AND LEAKING FUEL.
INJURIES....3 PEOPLE INJURED. TWO ARE MINOR INJURIES..THE OTHER UNKNOWN
BECAUSE IN THE MIDST OF TRANSPORTING.
DEATHS......NONE
COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE
ISSUED AT 1015 PM EDT LAST NIGHT. THKSLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:00 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECT TIMES ON ISSUANCE AND OCCURRENCE. CORRECTED TO EDT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
400 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993
COUNTY......COLQUITT COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......COLQUITT COUNTY EMA
TIME........AROUND 910 PM EDT 6/23/93
LOCATION....IN SOUTHWEST COLQUITT COUNTY
TYPE STORM..THUNDERSTORM..SUSPECT DOWNBURST.
DAMAGE......2 BUILDINGS..ONE HOME HEAVILY DAMAGED AND IN MIDDLE OF ROAD.
OTHER HOUSE FOR AN AIRPLANE..BUILDING COLLAPSED AND PLANE
UPSIDE DOWN ON TOP OF DAMAGED BUILDING AND LEAKING FUEL.
INJURIES....3 PEOPLE INJURED. TWO ARE MINOR INJURIES..THE OTHER UNKNOWN
BECAUSE IN THE MIDST OF TRANSPORTING.
DEATHS......NONE
COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE
ISSUED AT 1015 PM EDT LAST NIGHT. THKSLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:15 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 415 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ WALTON COUNTY DISPATCH TIME.......... APPROX 345 PM EDT LOCATION...... PLEASANT VALLEY DRIVE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE ATTM DAMAGE........ TREE BLOWN DOWN INJURIES...... NONE ATTM
Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:15 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 415 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ WALTON COUNTY DISPATCH TIME.......... APPROX 345 PM EDT LOCATION...... PLEASANT VALLEY DRIVE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE ATTM DAMAGE........ TREE BLOWN DOWN INJURIES...... NONE ATTM
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ002-004-242220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 420 PM EDT THU JUN 24 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WALTON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 69 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.