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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT for Gordon County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1993, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
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 24, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:35 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 535 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 530 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE INDICATED 5 MILES WEST OF ELLIJAY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBERTON... 10 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALLS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITION THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:46 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 535 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 530 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE INDICATED 5 MILES WEST OF ELLIJAY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBERTON... 10 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MURPHY NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALLS. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITION THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK4 SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:24 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hamilton | 61 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.