Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1993, 8:10 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1993, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1993, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crisp County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 KMCN 270010 RRA SVRMCN GAC081-270115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 810 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY AT 808 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INTO CRISP COUNTY FROM THE WILCOX COUNTY LINE AND WAS NEAR SEVILLE IN CRISP COUNTY. NO MOVEMENT NOTED ON THIS STORM BUT STORMS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTH 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF THIS SPEED AND DIRECTION CONTINUES THE STORM WILL MOVE JUST WEST OF BUT VERY NEAR THE TOWN OF HADLEY IN CRISP COUNTY ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE 900 PM EDT.
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 26, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
GAZ006-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 622 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING IN MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 615 PM...MACON AND OTHER WEATHER RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN PEACH COUNTY SOUTH OF FORT VALLEY AND IN MACON COUNTY NORTH OF OGLETHORPE WERE GAINING STRENGTH AND PRODUCING HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WIND IN AND NEAR FORT VALLEY AND OGLETHORPE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ~~~gf6WWUS S6WWUS DJ>0 WUUS: r`WWUS P`O gpy6WWUS z`WWUS D `WWUS PI`WWUS (d WUUSF <E~WWUS$ z)&WWUS V6WWUSD w WUUS6 _6WWUS TGT6WWUSX XWOUS2 bZ`WWUSt MWWUS@ ZF6WWUS> ]&~WWUS FQUS
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
GAZ006-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 622 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING IN MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 615 PM...MACON AND OTHER WEATHER RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN PEACH COUNTY SOUTH OF FORT VALLEY AND IN MACON COUNTY NORTH OF OGLETHORPE WERE GAINING STRENGTH AND PRODUCING HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUEN2T LIGHTNING WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WIND IN AND NEAR FORT VALLEY AND OGLETHORPE DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 645 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 COUNTY......RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA SOURCE......SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND STATE TROOPERS TIME........4:50 PM CDT 7-26-93 LOCATION....COUNTY ROAD #39 IN SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY TYPE STORM..TORNADO DAMAGE......2 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. INJURIES....NONE REPORTED. DEATHS......NONE COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 645 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 COUNTY......RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA SOURCE......SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND STATE TROOPERS TIME........4:50 PM CDT 7-26-93 LOCATIOpN....COUNTY ROAD #39 IN SOUTHEAST PART OF COUNTY TYPE STORM..TORNADO DAMAGE......2 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. INJURIES....NONE REPORTED. DEATHS......NONE COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:24 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ011-012-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 724 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 AT 720 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR TIFTON IN TIFT COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN TIFT..COOK..WORTH..AND COLQUITT COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..LIGHTNING..AND GUSTY WIND SO MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:24 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ011-012-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 724 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 AT 720 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR TIFTON IN TIFT COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN TIFT..COOK..WORTH..AND COLQUITT COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..LIGHTNING..AND GUSTY WIND SO MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 69 min |
| Jul 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fulton | 25 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.