Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1993, 9:31 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 020133 RRA SVRMCN GAC021-153-020230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 931 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 9:30 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE LEWIS B. WILSON AIRPORT IN SOUTH MACON... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. 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, 6:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 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, 3 hours 28 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, 7:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 715 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 COUNTY..... HOUSTON SOURCE..... HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME....... 6:55 PM LOCATION... 2 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... .75 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 715 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 COUNTY..... HOUSTON SOURCE..... HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME....... 6:55 PM LOCATION... 2 MILES SOUTH OF PERRY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... .75 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:10 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ006-009-020210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 910 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 9:05 PM... RADAR AT MACON INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF MACON OVER WESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL... ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF HELENA IN SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY... AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH MACON TO VIENNA. ALL THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS OF TWIGGS COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 9:30 AND 10:30 PM.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:10 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ006-009-020210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 910 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 9:05 PM... RADAR AT MACON INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF MACON OVER WESTERN WILKINSON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL... ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF HELENA IN SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY... AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH MACON TO VIENNA. ALL THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS OF TWIGGS COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 9:30 AND 10:30 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 39 min |
Nearby
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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.