Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 62 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.