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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 19, 1993Burke County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1993, 6:45 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1993, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1993, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Burke County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 973 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 192244 RRA
SVRAGS
GAC033-192330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
645 PM EDT MON JUL 19 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BURKE COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
CENTRAL BURKE COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
 
 
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 THUNDE RSTORMS.
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

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
625 PM EDT THU JUL 19 1993

COUNTY..... LAURENS
SOURCE..... SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME....... 3:20 PM EDT
LOCATION... CADWELL GA
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... PEA SIZE
DAMAGE..... TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD NORTH OF CITY.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:29 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
630 PM EDT THU JUL 19 1993

COUNTY..... WILKINSON
SOURCE..... OCONEE EMC
TIME....... 3:10 PM EDT
LOCATION... NEAR GORDON GA AND IVEY COMMUNITY
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
633 PM EDT THU JUL 19 1993

COUNTY..... TWIGGS
SOURCE..... OCONEE EMC
TIME....... 4:05 PM EDT
LOCATION... DRY BRANCH AND BULLARD COMMUNITIES NORTHERN TWIGGS
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
633 PM EDT THU JUL 19 1993

COUNTY..... TWIGGS
SOURCE..... OCONEE EMC
TIME....... 4:05 PM EDT
LOCATION... DRY BRANCH AND BULLARD COMMUNITIES NORTHERN TWIGGS
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:39 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
640 PM EDT THU JUL 19 1993

COUNTY..... DODGE
SOURCE..... OCMULGEE EMC
TIME....... 4:00 PM EDT
LOCATION... 5 NORTH OF EASTMAN
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN
            ACROSS COUNTY HIGHWAY 23.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:40 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
640 PM EDT THU JUL 19 1993

COUNTY..... DODGE
SOURCE..... OCMULGEE EMC
TIME....... 4:00 PM EDT
LOCATION... 5 NORTH OF EASTMAN
TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAIL....... NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN
            ACROSS COUNTY HIGHWAY 23.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens64 min
Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin34 min
Jul 19, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson69 min
Jul 19, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge65 min
Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPulaski62 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.