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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 20, 1993Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1993, 4:44 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1993, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1993-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1993-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 KMCN 202045 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC017-155-202130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
444 PM EDT TUE JUL 20 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BEN HILL COUNTY...IRWIN COUNTY
 
AT 442 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST SOUTHWEST OF FITZGERALD IN BEN HILL COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
EXTENDED INTO IRWIN COUNTY NORTHWEST OF OCILLA.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 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.

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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.