Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1993, 5:38 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1993, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 252140 SVRATL GAC015-057-252230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 538 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...BARTOW COUNTY...CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 533 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED HAIL IN A STORM JUST WEST OF FAIRMOUNT IN THE SOUTH PART OF GORDON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS DEVELOPING INTO EXTREME NORTH CHEROKKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 25, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 240 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 1993 .....THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT CAROLINAS..... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. AT 230 PM EDT...THE ATHENS RAD INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM NEAR ATHENS NORTHWARD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER MUCH OF WEST NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE TENNESSEE BORDER EAST TO 30 MILES EAST OF ASHEVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WER ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR GREENWOOD AND AND LAKE THURMOND EAST TO THE COLUMBIA AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR DAHLONEGA GEORGIA...JUST SOUTH OF NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA AND JUST EAST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. PERSONS IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 240 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 1993 .....THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT CAROLINAS..... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. AT 230 PM EDT...THE ATHENS RAD INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM NEAR ATHENS NORTHWARD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER MUCH OF WEST NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE TENNESSEE BORDER EAST TO 30 MILES EAST OF ASHEVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WER ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEAR GREENWOOD AND AND LAKE THURMOND EAST TO THE COLUMBIA AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR DAHLONEGA GEORGIA...JUST SOUTH OF NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA AND JUST EAST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. PERSONS IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:30 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
GAZ001>003-252330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
530 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 1993
...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH THIRD...
AT 515 PM RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL IN A STORM OVER SOUTH GORDON
COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTH CHEROKEE COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WAS INDICATED NEAR
FAIRMOUNT. ALSO INDICATED IN THIS STORM WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.
ELSEWHERE AT THAT TIME..ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DAMPENING PARTS OF
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST. ANOTHER ISOLATED
THUNDERSHOWER WAS OVER POLK COUNTY NEAR CEDARTOWN.
ALL OF THE STORMS SHOWED A MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. BOATERS SHOULD STAY UP-TO-DATE ON
WEATHER CONDITIONS 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 DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:31 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ001>003-252330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
530 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 1993
...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH THIRD...
AT 515 PM RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL IN A STORM OVER SOUTH GORDON
COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTH CHEROKEE COUNTY. SMALL HAIL WAS INDICATED NEAR
FAIRMOUNT. ALSO INDICATED IN THIS STORM WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.
ELSEWHERE AT THAT TIME..ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DAMPENING PARTS OF
CHATTOOGA COUNTY IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST. ANOTHER ISOLATED
THUNDERSHOWER WAS OVER POLK COUNTY NEAR CEDARTOWN.
ALL OF THE STORMS SHOWED A MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. BOATERS SHOULD STAY UP-TO-DATE ON
WEATHER CONDITIONS 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 DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 50 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.