Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1993, 2:41 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1993, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1993, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 191842 RRA SVRMCN GAC009-175-191945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 241 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BALDWIN COUNTY...LAURENS COUNTY AT 240 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE...AND SOUTHWEST OF DUBLIN... NEAR CADWELL DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. 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 19, 2:13 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ003-005-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 215 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...A STRONG BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY... AT 210 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY FROM HOGANSVILLE TO NORTH OF LAGRANGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN APPROACH 100 DEGREES.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:15 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
GAZ003-005-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 215 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...A STRONG BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY... AT 210 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY FROM HOGANSVILLE TO NORTH OF LAGRANGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN APPROACH 100 DEGREES.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:29 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-192000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
230 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 225 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDER-
STORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. STORMS WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WERE BETWEEN GRAY ABD MILLEDGEVILLE...AND SOUTHWEST
OF DUBLIN. STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. RADAR SHOWED HAIL IN
A STORM NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE.
THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING.
THE LARGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL.
SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME PLACES TO GET A LOT OF RAIN
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-192000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
230 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 225 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED THUNDER-
STORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. STORMS WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WERE BETWEEN GRAY ABD MILLEDGEVILLE...AND SOUTHWEST
OF DUBLIN. STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. RADAR SHOWED HAIL IN
A STORM NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE.
THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING.
THE LARGER STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL.
SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL CAUSE SOME PLACES TO GET A LOT OF RAIN
IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
GAZ005-008-192045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 238 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 235 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN STEWART COUNTY NEAR OMAHA AND IN SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY NEAR JUNIPER. SEVERAL OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM DAWSON TO CUTHBERT. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE INTENSE HEATING THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS. YOU SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS COME NEAR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ005-008-192045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 238 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 235 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN STEWART COUNTY NEAR OMAHA AND IN SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY NEAR JUNIPER. SEVERAL OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FROM DAWSON TO CUTHBERT. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE INTENSE HEATING THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS. YOU SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THE$SE STORMS COME NEAR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 69 min |
| Jul 19, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 45 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.