Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1993, 4:49 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1993, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 WUUS1 KMCN 232051 RRA SVRMCN GAC207-232130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 449 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 4:48 PM... RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY GROWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF FORSYTH. THE STORM HAS BEEN DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. 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.
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, 4:28 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-GAZ006-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 428 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 AT 424 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM UNION SPRINGS IN EAST ALABAMA TO COLUMBUS TO MACON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY HAIL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN EAST ALABAMA AND WEST GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS END AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:29 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-GAZ006-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 428 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 AT 424 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM UNION SPRINGS IN EAST ALABAMA TO COLUMBUS TO MACON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY HAIL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN EAST ALABAMA AND WEST GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENI`NG HOURS. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS END AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:35 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ003-GAZ005-232145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 435 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM THE THE ALABAMA BORDER WEST OF LA GRANGE TO NEAR WARM SPRINGS...THOMASTON...BARNESVILLE AND LAKE JACKSON. SOME OF THE STORMS APPEARED TO BE RATHER INTENSE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. 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. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 4:38 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ003-GAZ005-232145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 435 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM THE THE ALABAMA BORDER WEST OF LA GRANGE TO NEAR WARM SPRINGS...THOMASTON...BARNESVILLE AND LAKE JACKSON. SOME OF THE STORMS APPEARED TO BE RATHER INTENSE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. 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. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:40 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 440 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 COUNTY..... BIBB FIRS 021 SOURCE..... GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TIME....... 352 PM EDT LOCATION... RIVOLI ROAD IN MACON TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE REPORTED DAMAGE..... POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING TREES...... TREE DOWNED BY WINDS INJURIES... NONE REPORTED COST....... NOT AVAILABLE COUNTY..... BIBB FIRS 021 SOURCE..... GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TIME....... 400 PM EDT LOCATION... WESLEYAN COLLEGE AREA OF MACON TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE......NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. INJURIES... NONE REPORTED COST....... NOT AVAILABLE
Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:42 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 440 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 COUNTY..... BIBB FIRS 021 SOURCE..... GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TIME....... 352 PM EDT LOCATION... RIVOLI ROAD IN MACON TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE REPORTED DAMAGE..... POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING TREES...... TREE DOWNED BY WINDS INJURIES... NONE REPORTED COST....... NOT AVAILABLE COUNTY..... BIBB FIRS 021 SOURCE..... GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TIME....... 400 PM EDT LOCATION... WESLEYAN COLLEGE AREA OF MACON TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE......NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. INJURIES... NONE REPORTED COST....... NOT AVAILABLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 33 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.