Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1993, 9:19 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crisp County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 080122 RRA SVRMCN GAC081-080215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 919 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY AT 9:18 PM... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CRISP COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS NEAR WENONA AND RAINES... MOVING JUST SOUTH OF CORDELE. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:04 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 904 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POUNDING PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 900 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF MACON TO THE FLORIDA BORDER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF TIFTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA..ESPECIALLY IN SUMTER..LEE..WORTH..AND TIFT COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A STORM THREATENS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:06 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 904 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POUNDING PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 900 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF MACON TO THE FLORIDA BORDER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF TIFTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA..ESPECIALLY IN SUMTER..LEE..WORTH..AND TIFT COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDELRSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A STORM THREATENS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:10 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 910 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 COUNTY..... DODGE SOURCE..... OCMULGEE EMC TIME....... 8:05 PM LOCATION... RHINE, GA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... LARGE OAK TREE, SEVERAL PINES, DOWNED BY WINDS. INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:12 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 910 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 COUNTY..... DODGE SOURCE..... OCMULGEE EMC TIME....... 8:05 PM LOCATION... RHINE, GA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.P...... NONE DAMAGE..... LARGE OAK TREE, SEVERAL PINES, DOWNED BY WINDS. INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:13 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 913 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 COUNTY..... HOUSTON SOURCE..... HOUSTON COUNTY 911 TIME....... 8:40 PM LOCATION... PERRY, GA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 127 JUST SOUTH OF PERRY. INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:13 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 913 PM EDT WED JUL 7 1993 COUNTY..... HOUSTON SOURCE..... HOUSTON COUNTY 911 TIME....... 8:40 PM LOCATION... PERRY, GA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 127 JUST SOUTH OF PERRY. INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 53 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.