Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1993, 6:10 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 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 KMCN 012211 RRA SVRMCN GAC153-012300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 610 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 6:08 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY JUST EAST OF PERRY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH AND SHOULD BE NEAR UNADILLA BY 7:00 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:44 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
530 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993
COUNTY......TALBOT COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......PUBLIC REPORTS TO WEATHER OFFICE COLUMBUS
TIME........JUST AFTER 10 PM EDT 6/30/93
LOCATION....MID WAY BETWEEN TALBOTTON AND GENEVA GA. NEAR HWY 80
TYPE STORM..THUNDERSTORM..WITH TOPS OVER 50,000 FT.
DAMAGE......ONE LARGE TREE DOWN...SMALL HAIL...LARGE TREELIMBS DOWN.
HIGH WINDS
INJURIES....NONE REPORTED.
DEATHS......NONE
COSTS.......UNAVAILABLELocal storm report, Jul 1, 5:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 545 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993 COUNTY......MACON COUNTY GEORGIA SOURCE......MACON COUNTY S.O. TIME........ABOUT 1015 PM EDT 6/30/93 LOCATION....NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA GA. TYPE STORM..THUNDERSTORM..WITH TOPS OVER 52,000 FT. DAMAGE......MANY LARGE TRESS LIMBS DOWN...DIME SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS INJURIES....NONE REPORTED. DEATHS......NONE COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
GAZ006-009-012300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 545 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 5:40 PM... RADAR AT MACON INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHING FROM NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE SOUTHWARD OVER JEFFERSONVILLE AND COCHRAN TO FITZGERALD. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED A FEW MILES NORTH OF COCHRAN. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MAY ALSO CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS HEADED INTO THE MACON AREA AT 5:40 PM BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:52 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 545 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993 COUNTY......MACON COUNTY GEORGIA SOURCE......MACON COUNTY S.O. TIME........ABOUT 1015 PM EDT 6/30/93 LOCATION....NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA GA. TYPE STORM..THUNDERSTORM..WITH TOPS OVER 52,000 FT. DAMAGE......MANY LARGE TRESS LIMBS DOWN...DIME SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS INJURIES....NONE REPORTED. DEATHS......NONE COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE
Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:02 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
602 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993
COUNTY......TAYLOR COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC TO WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS.
TIME........ABOUT 1120 PM EDT 6/30/93
LOCATION....FEW MILES SOUTH OF MAUK GA.
TYPE STORM..THUNDERSTORM..WITH TOPS OVER 53,000 FT.(ALSO SEEN SAV RADAR)
DAMAGE......A FEW LARGE TRESS LIMBS DOWN...DIME SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
SMALL TREES BENT OVER A LOT OF LIGHTNING HITS
INJURIES....NONE REPORTED.
DEATHS......NONE
COSTS.......UNAVAILABLELocal storm report, Jul 1, 6:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
602 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1993
COUNTY......TAYLOR COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC TO WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS.
TIME........ABOUT 1120 PM EDT 6/30/93
LOCATION....FEW MILES SOUTH OF MAUK GA.
TYPE STORM..THUNDERSTORM..WITH TOPS OVER 53,000 FT.(ALSO SEEN SAV RADAR)
DAMAGE......A FEW LARGE TRESS LIMBS DOWN...DIME SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
SMALL TREES BENT OVER A LOT OF LIGHTNING HITS
INJURIES....NONE REPORTED.
DEATHS......NONE
COSTS.......UNAVAILABLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 60 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.