Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1993, 3:50 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1993, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1993, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Screven County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1223 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 KAGS 291951 SVRAGS GAC251-292030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 350 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EASTERN SCREVEN COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 345 PM EDT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN EMANUAL COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF SYLVANIA AND OVER HIGHWAY 24. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND SHOULD PASS JUST TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE TOWN OF NEWINGTON. 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 29, 2:53 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 253 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 726 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 250 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA FROM LANETT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF OPELIKA ALABAMA...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE VICINITY OF REYNOLDS GEORGIA. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREAS ALSO. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:00 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 253 PM EDT THU JUL 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 726 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 250 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA FROM LANETT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF OPELIKA ALABAMA...ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE VICINITY OF REYNOLDS GEORGIA. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE COLUMBUS/PHENIX CITY AREAS ALSO. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 32 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.