Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1993, 5:08 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1993, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4:35 PM EDT, 33 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, 30 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, 28 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, 26 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, 5:05 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
505 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993
...STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY EVENING JULY 23 1993...
COUNTY..... LAMAR COUNTY
SOURCE..... BAIRNSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TYPE....... WIND DAMAGE (60-70 MPH)/HAIL (NICKLE)
TIME....... 456 PM EDT
LOCATION... 1/2 SOUTH OF BAIRNSVILLE
DAMAGE..... A ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE...SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN
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oLocal storm report, Jul 23, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
505 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993
...STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY EVENING JULY 23 1993...
COUNTY..... LAMAR COUNTY
SOURCE..... BAIRNSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TYPE....... WIND DAMAGE (60-70 MPH)/HAIL (NICKLE)
TIME....... 456 PM EDT
LOCATION... 1/2 SOUTH OF BAIRNSVILLE
DAMAGE..... A ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE...SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN
DOWN.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, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 41 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 |
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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.