Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 9:48 PM EST for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1993, 9:48 PM EST (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1993, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 577 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 220250 RRA SVRAHN GAC011-013-059-139-157-219-297-220345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 948 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BANKS COUNTY...BARROW COUNTY...CLARKE COUNTY...HALL COUNTY ...JACKSON COUNTY...OCONEE COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY AT 945PM EST RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THESE COUNTIES AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO 4PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Feb 21, 7:20 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ002-004-220215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 717 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES: BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL...JACKSON LUMPKIN...NEWTON...MADISON...OCONEE...RABUN...TOWNS...UNION... WALTON...WHITE AND STEPHENS
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 8:02 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
GAZ002-004-220215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 800 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES: BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL...JACKSON LUMPKIN...NEWTON...MADISON...OCONEE...RABUN...TOWNS...UNION... WALTON...WHITE AND STEPHENS AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING LUMPKIN...UNION AND TOWNS COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OR SO. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO... TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 9:04 PM EST, 44 minutes before
GAZ002-004-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 900 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES: BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM...HALL...JACKSON LUMPKIN...NEWTON...MADISON...OCONEE...RABUN...TOWNS...UNION... WALTON...WHITE AND STEPHENS AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. PEOPLE IN LUPKIN...DAWSON...HALL AND BARROW COUNTIES WILL BE EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF THESE STORMS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO... TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Feb 21, 9:39 PM EST, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
817 PM EST SUN FEB 22 1993
...DELAYED...
COUNTY..... POLK
TYPE....... TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
SOURCE..... POLK COUNTY EMA (VIA GEMA)
TIME....... AROUND 810 PM EST
LOCATION... CEDARTOWN
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES DOWN, LP GAS TANKS OVERTURNED, CONSIDERABLE OTHER
HAIL....... NOT IN THIS REPORT
INJURIES... NOT IN THIS REPORTLocal storm report, Feb 21, 9:41 PM EST, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
939 PM EST SUN FEB 22 1993
...DELAYED...
COUNTY..... POLK
TYPE....... POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
SOURCE..... POLK COUNTY S. O.
TIME....... AROUND 825 PM EST
LOCATION... ESOM HILL
DAMAGE..... POWER LINES DOWN, LP GAS TANKS OVERTURNED, CONSIDERABLE OTHER
HAIL....... NOT IN THIS REPORT
INJURIES... NOT IN THIS REPORTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 8:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 9:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 9:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, White | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 9:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 9:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 58 min |
| Feb 21, 9:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 10:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding | 29 min |
| Feb 21, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 64 min |
| Feb 21, 11:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 36 min |
| Feb 21, 11:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 11:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 11:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 11:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 31 min |
| Feb 21, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 11:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton | 66 min |
| Feb 21, 11:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 12:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 67 min |
| Feb 22, 12:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 1:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 52 min |
| Feb 22, 2:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Feb 22, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 2:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 52 min |
| Feb 22, 3:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 3:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 25 min |
| Feb 22, 4:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 40 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.