Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1993, 6:47 PM EDT for Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1993, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1993, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 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 KATL 092247 SVRFFC GAC121-092315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 647 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 645 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR FAIRBURN AND UNION CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 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
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-092200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
450 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1993
...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...DRIFTING SLOWLY
NORTH.
STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST EAST OF MACON. RADAR SHOWED HAIL IN THIS
STORM.
IN ADDITION TO HAIL...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON
WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER
STATMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-092200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
450 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1993
...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...DRIFTING SLOWLY
NORTH.
STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST EAST OF MACON. RADAR SHOWED HAIL IN THIS
STORM.
IN ADDITION TO HAIL...THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON
WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER
STATMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:40 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ003-092333- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 640 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 630 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF METRO ATLANTA. AT THAT TIME THEY EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SOME STORMS WERE PRODUCING A LOT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES...LOCALLY HEAVY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AT HARTSFIELD AIRPORT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN UNDER AN HOUR. WINDS GUSTED TO 53 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFITNG NORTH AND MAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. LIGHTNING APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST THREAT. IF ,YOU ARE NEAR ONE OF THESE STORMS THIS EVENING SEEK SAFETY INDOORS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:40 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ003-092333- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 640 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 630 PM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF METRO ATLANTA. AT THAT TIME THEY EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SOME STORMS WERE PRODUCING A LOT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES...LOCALLY HEAVY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AT HARTSFIELD AIRPORT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN UNDER AN HOUR. WINDS GUSTED TO 53 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFITNG NORTH AND MAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. LIGHTNING APPEARS TO BE THE GREATEST THREAT. IF YOU ARE NEAR ONE OF THESE STORMS THIS EVENING SEEK SAFETY INDOORS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 40 min |
| 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 |
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.