Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Murray County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 KATL 242131 SVRFFC GAC123-129-213-227-242200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 530 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN GORDON COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN PICKENS COUNTY AT 530 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARTERS LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. 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 24, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ001>003-242215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 358 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTH... AT 349 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER FLOYD AND POLK COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN THESE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. ANOTHER STORM WAS JUST WEST OF BLUE RIDGE LAKE IN FANNIN COUNTY IN THE EXTREME NORTH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS..AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. BOATERS SHOULD STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THIS SITUATION AND BE READY TO EXIT THE WATER WHEN DARK CLOUDS APPROACH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ001>003-242215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 358 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR PARTS OF EXTREME NORTH... AT 349 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER FLOYD AND POLK COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN THESE STORMS. THE STORMS SHOWED VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. ANOTHER STORM WAS JUST WEST OF BLUE RIDGE LAKE IN FANNIN COUNTY IN THE EXTREME NORTH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS..AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. BOATERS SHOULD STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THIS SITUATION AND BE READY TO EXIT THE WATER WHEN DARK CLOUDS APPROACH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..AND HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-242130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 430 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...DAWSON..BANKS..HART.. TOWNS..FRANKLIN..LUMPKIN..UNION..HABERSHAM..RABUN..WHITE..HALL AND STEPHENS. AT 425 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WAS I DICATED 5 MILES WEST OF WALHALLA SOUTH CAROLINA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WAS INDICATED OVER EAST GEORGIA 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVANIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER LOUISVILLE AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE RIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:38 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-242130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 430 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...DAWSON..BANKS..HART.. TOWNS..FRANKLIN..LUMPKIN..UNION..HABERSHAM..RABUN..WHITE..HALL AND STEPHENS. AT 425 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WAS I DICATED 5 MILES WEST OF WALHALLA SOUTH CAROLINA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WAS INDICATED OVER EAST GEORGIA 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVANIA. SbTRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER LOUISVILLE AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE RIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:20 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ008-009-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 520 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 5:15 PM... RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TURNER COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF ASHBURN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE HEAT... THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME VERY STRONG IN A RATHER SHORT TIME. THESE HOT WEATHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE PRESENT MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS SHOULD BRING THEM INTO ASHBURN AND INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF IRWIN AND CRISP COUNTIES BY 6PM.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:22 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
GAZ008-009-242200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 520 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 5:15 PM... RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TURNER COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF ASHBURN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. BECAUSE OF THE HEAT... THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME VERY STRONG IN A RATHER SHORT TIME. THESE HOT WEATHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE PRESENT MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS SHOULD BRING THEM INTO ASHBURN AND INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF IRWIN AND CRISP COUNTIES BY 6PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 30 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.