Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1993, 3:55 PM EDT for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1993, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 TTAA00 KMCN 191957 RRA SVRMCN GAC091-192100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 355 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...DODGE COUNTY AT 355 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTMAN..DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 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, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 14 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:30 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
GAZ003-005-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 330 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 AT 325 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF BOWDEN IN CARROL COUNTY AND NEAR MANCHESTER IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NOTED ALONG THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA BORDER NEAR HEARD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:31 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ003-005-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 330 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993 AT 325 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF BOWDEN IN CARROL COUNTY AND NEAR MANCHESTER IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NOTED ALONG THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA BORDER NEAR HEARD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.
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, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 69 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
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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.