Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1993, 7:01 PM EDT for Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1993, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 082302 SVRAHN GAC217-090000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 701 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 7 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF COVINGTON GEORGIA IN NEWTON COUNTY. THE STORM SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE CITIES OF COVINGTON AND MANSFIELD SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. 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 8, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
ALZ012-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 555 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA... AT 552 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORM WAS NEAR SEALE AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN RUSSELL COUNTY AND ACROSS THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD TAKE COVER UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS PASS. MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..LIGHTNING..GUSTY WIND..AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LISTERN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 555 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993 DELAYED REPORT FROM LAST NIGHT - 7/7/93 COUNTY..... DOOLY SOURCE..... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS TIME....... 9:15 PM LOCATION... UNADILLA TO VIENNA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... WINDS DESTROYED A 50 X 200 METAL BUILDING. INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKN
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ALZ012-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 555 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA... AT 552 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORM WAS NEAR SEALE AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN RUSSELL COUNTY AND ACROSS THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD TAKE COVER UNTIL THUNDERSTORMS PASS. MOVE INDOORRS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..LIGHTNING..GUSTY WIND..AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. LISTERN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 600 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993 REPORT FROM JULY 7, 1993 COUNTY..... IRWIN SOURCE..... SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME....... 7:00 PM LOCATION... WREN COMMUNITY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... MANY TREES DOWN, TRUCK BLOWN OFF ROAD. INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKN THIS IS A CLARIFICATION OF REPORT FROM LAST NIGHT - 7/7/93 UPON INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE STORM WAS DETERMINED TTO BE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM-DOWNBURST WINDS EVENT. TORNADIC-TYPE DAMAGE WAS NOT APPARENT.
Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT ...CORRET NAME OF TOWN... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 600 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993 REPORT FROM JULY 7, 1993 COUNTY..... IRWIN SOURCE..... SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME....... 7:00 PM LOCATION... WRAY COMMUNITY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... MANY TREES DOWN, TRUCK BLOWN OFF ROAD. INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKN THIS IS A CLARIFICATION OF REPORT FROM LAST NIGHT - 7/7/93 UPON INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE STORM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM-DOWNBURST WINDS EVENT. TORNADIC-TYPE DAMAGE WAS NOT APPARENT.
Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:25 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT ...CORRET NAME OF TOWN... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 600 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993 REPORT FROM JULY 7, 1993 COUNTY..... IRWIN SOURCE..... SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME....... 7:00 PM LOCATION... WRAY COMMUNITY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... MANY TREES DOWN, TRUCK BLOWN OFF ROAD. INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKN THIS IS A CLARIFICATION OF REPORT FROM LAST NIGHT - 7/7/93 UPON INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE STORM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM-DOWNBURST WINDS EVENT. TORNADIC-TYPE DAMAGE WAS NOT APPARENT.
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 7, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 56 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.