Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 10:20 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1993, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1993, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 280222 SVRATL GAC121-280300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1020 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 10:20 PM EDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING AROUND THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST SOUTH OF HARTSFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND OVER SOUTH ATLANTA. SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO ARxEAS 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 27, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ001>003-280130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST...
AT 740 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST.
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN A STORM JUST WEST OF VILLA RICA IN
CARROLL COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WAS POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS SPREADING
ACROSS PAULDING INTO DOUGLAS AND COBB COUNTIES. A STORM WITH POSSIBLE
HAIL WAS ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE..AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS OVER CHATTOOGA..FLOYD..AND
POLK COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER CAVE SPRINGS IN WEST FLOYD
COUNTY. THE SHOWERS EXTENDING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE.
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE DEVELOPING PAST DARK BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER THIS EVENING.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING STORMS
AND USE CAUTION IF STORMS SUDDENLY INTERRUPT SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ001>003-280130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1993
...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST...
AT 740 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST.
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN A STORM JUST WEST OF VILLA RICA IN
CARROLL COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WAS POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS SPREADING
ACROSS PAULDING INTO DOUGLAS AND COBB COUNTIES. A STORM WITH POSSIBLE
HAIL WAS ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE..AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS OVER CHATTOOGA..FLOYD..AND
POLK COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER CAVE SPRINGS IN WEST FLOYD
COUNTY. THE SHOWERS EXTENDING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE.
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WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE DEVELOPING PAST DARK BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER THIS EVENING.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING STORMS
AND USE CAUTION IF STORMS SUDDENLY INTERRUPT SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
GAZ001>003-280130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST...
AT 740 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST.
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN A STORM JUST WEST OF VILLA RICA IN
CARROLL COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WAS POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS SPREADING
ACROSS PAULDING INTO DOUGLAS AND COBB COUNTIES. A STORM WITH POSSIBLE
HAIL WAS ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ELSEWHERE..AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WAS OVER CHATTOOGA..FLOYD..AND
POLK COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER CAVE SPRINGS IN WEST FLOYD
COUNTY. THE SHOWERS EXTENDING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE.
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE DEVELOPING PAST DARK BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER THIS EVENING.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING STORMS
AND USE CAUTION IF STORMS SUDDENLY INTERRUPT SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:37 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
GAZ001>003-280330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
937 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
...THUNDERSTORMS OVER METRO ATLANTA...
AT 932 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST INCLUDING MUCH OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA.
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN A STORM JUST WEST AND NORTH OF ATLANTA
IN COBB COUNTY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN A WIDE BAND
FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSE BORDER SOUTH THROUGH METRO ATLANTA
INTO THE WEST CENTRAL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIED THE PASSGE OF THE STORMS. A WIND GUST TO
40 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT AROUND 930 PM.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING STORMS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION ON ROADWAYS. LOW LYING AREAS
AND AREAS KNOWN TO HAVE POOR DRAINAGE SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF STORMS
DEVELOP OVER YOUR AREA.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:38 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ001>003-280330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
937 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1993
...THUNDERSTORMS OVER METRO ATLANTA...
AT 932 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST INCLUDING MUCH OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA.
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN A STORM JUST WEST AND NORTH OF ATLANTA
IN COBB COUNTY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN A WIDE BAND
FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSE BORDER SOUTH THROUGH METRO ATLANTA
INTO THE WEST CENTRAL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIED THE PASSGE OF THE STORMS. A WIND GUST TO
40 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT AROUND 930 PM.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT.
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PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING STORMS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION ON@ ROADWAYS. LOW LYING AREAS
AND AREAS KNOWN TO HAVE POOR DRAINAGE SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF STORMS
DEVELOP OVER YOUR AREA.Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:41 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
GAZ001>003-280330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
937 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
...THUNDERSTORMS OVER METRO ATLANTA...
AT 932 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST INCLUDING MUCH OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA.
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN A STORM JUST WEST AND NORTH OF ATLANTA
IN COBB COUNTY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE IN A WIDE BAND
FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSE BORDER SOUTH THROUGH METRO ATLANTA
INTO THE WEST CENTRAL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIED THE PASSGE OF THE STORMS. A WIND GUST TO
40 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT AROUND 930 PM.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND MIDNIGHT.
PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING STORMS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD SLDOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION ON ROADWAYS. LOW LYING AREAS
AND AREAS KNOWN TO HAVE POOR DRAINAGE SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF STORMS
DEVELOP OVER YOUR AREA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 46 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.