Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1993, 3:50 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1993, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1993, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 231951 RRA SVRMCN GAC021-232030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 350 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY AT 350 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY OF MACON GA. MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 23, 2:57 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
GAZ005-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 257 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALBOTTON AND 5 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:04 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ005-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 257 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALBOTTON AND 5 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:14 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
GAZ005-232115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 314 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... A 3O5 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED IN TROUP...MERRIWETHER...AND UPSON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR GREENVILLE...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAGRANGE...AND JUST SOUTH OF THOMASTON. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON THE COOLER OUTFLOW FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN VERY GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. ALSO INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY ALONG WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE COVER.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:19 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ005-232115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 314 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... A 3O5 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED IN TROUP...MERRIWETHER...AND UPSON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR GREENVILLE...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAGRANGE...AND JUST SOUTH OF THOMASTON. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. DUE TO THE EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON THE COOLER OUTFLOW FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN VERY GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. ALSO INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY ALONG WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE COVER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 47 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.