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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 8, 1993Coweta County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1993, 9:20 PM EDT for Coweta County, Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 1993, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 1993, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Coweta County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
920 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...COWETA COUNTY...DOUGLAS COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR DOUGLASVILLE SOUTH TO NEAR PALMETTO AND SOUTH INTO
NORTHEASTERN COWETA COUNTY. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.
 
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 8, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
740 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

COUNTY......MUSCOGEE COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
TIME........ABOUT 415 PM EDT 7-8-93
LOCATION....ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF AIRPORT
TYPE STORM..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM..1/4 INCH HAIL
DAMAGE......WIND DAMAGE..NUMEROUS TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN..TREE BLOWN
            ONTO HOUSE..NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES..1 DOG HOUSE DESTROYED.
INJURIES....NONE REPORTED.
DEATHS......NONE
COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE

Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
743 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

COUNTY........ NEWTON

SOURCE........ NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

TIME.......... APPROX 7 PM EDT

LOCATION...... COUNTYWIDE

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NUMEROUS REPORTS BUT NO SIZE REPORTED

DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...NUMEROUS POWJER OUTAGES...AND
               SCATTERED FIRES
INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN AT THIS TIME

Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
743 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

COUNTY........ NEWTON

SOURCE........ NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

TIME.......... APPROX 7 PM EDT

LOCATION...... COUNTYWIDE

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... NUMEROUS REPORTS BUT NO SIZE REPORTED

DAMAGE........ NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES...AND
               SCATTERED FIRES
INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN AT THIS TIME

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
740 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

COUNTY......MUSCOGEE COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......OFF-DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
TIME........ABOUT 415 PM EDT 7-8-93
LOCATION....ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF AIRPORT
TYPE STORM..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM..1/4 INCH HAIL
DAMAGE......WIND DAMAGE..NUMEROUS TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN..TREE BLOWN
            ONTO HOUSE..NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES..1 DOG HOUSE DESTROYED.
INJURIES....NONE REPORTED.
DEATHS...L...NONE
COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:48 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

GAZ003-005-090145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
850 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA WEAKENED AFTER 830 PM EDT.
HOWEVER...AT 845 PM RADAR STILL SHOWED A FEW RELATIVELY STRONG
STORMS IN CARROLL...HEARD...AND COWETA COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE STILL PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

<IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID THE
USE OF ELECTICAL APPLIANCES.

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:50 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

GAZ003-005-090145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
850 PM EDT THU JUL 8 1993

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA WEAKENED AFTER 830 PM EDT.
HOWEVER...AT 845 PM RADAR STILL SHOWED A FEW RELATIVELY STRONG
STORMS IN CARROLL...HEARD...AND COWETA COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE STILL PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID THE
USE OF ELECTICAL APPLIANCES.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll	29 min
Jul 8, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta	35 min
Jul 9, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fulton	28 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.