Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1993, 8:35 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1993, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1993, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Forsyth County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 250036 RRA SVRATL GAC117-135-250115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 835 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY...GWINNETT COUNTY AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY JUST TO THE WEST OF SUWANEE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. 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, 7:40 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 740 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 730 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF JASPER. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG AND UP TO 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WATKINSVILLE TO ELBERTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. 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, 7:46 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 740 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 730 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF JASPER. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ALONG AND UP TO 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE THAT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WATKINSVILLE TO ELBERTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMEN^TS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:50 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
GAZ001>003-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 750 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 745 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG THE NORTHEAST CHEROKEE...NORTHWEST FORSYTH COUNTY LINE. PERSONS IN CUMMING SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVERHEAD BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. ALSO...A FEW INTENSE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHERN ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA NEAR FAIRBURN WHILE ANOTHER WAS ALONG THE BUTTS...HENRY COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. . 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 IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:52 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
GAZ001>003-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 750 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 745 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG THE NORTHEAST CHEROKEE...NORTHWEST FORSYTH COUNTY LINE. PERSONS IN CUMMING SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVERHEAD BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. ALSO...A FEW INTENSE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHERN ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA NEAR FAIRBURN WHILE ANOTHER WAS ALONG THE BUTTS...HENRY COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. . 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 IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:30 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 830 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 825 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER A 15 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO INDICATED OVER THE FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLAINA AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:33 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 830 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 825 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER A 15 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO INDICATED OVER THE FULTON COUNTY AIRP ORT. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLAINA AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia, Richmond | 61 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.