Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1993, 7:28 PM EDT for Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1993, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richmond County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 310 PM EDT WED AUG 4 1993 COUNTY.....LAURENS FIRS 175 SOURCE.....LAURENS COUNTY 911 TIME.......220 PM LOCATION...EAST DUBLIN TYPE STORM.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......NONE DAMAGE.....TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO A TRAILER. INJURIES...THREE PERSONS INJURED.
Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 310 PM EDT WED AUG 4 1993 COUNTY.....LAURENS FIRS 175 SOURCE.....LAURENS COUNTY 911 TIME.......220 PM LOCATION...EAST DUBLIN TYPE STORM.SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......NONE DAMAGE.....TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO A TRAILER. INJURIES...THREE PERSONS INJURED.
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
GAZ001-003-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 343 PM EDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THE CARROLLOTON TO LAGRANGE TO NEWNAN AREAS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. AFTER 3 PM EDT SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF NEWNAN. AT 320 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTH FAYETTE COUNTY AND NEAR GRIFFIN IN SPALDING COUNTY GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN OTHER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SHELTER SHOULD BE SOUGHT QUICKLY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WITH SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES SHOULD BE PRACTICED. &
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
GAZ001-003-042045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 343 PM EDT WED AUG 4 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THE CARROLLOTON TO LAGRANGE TO NEWNAN AREAS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. AFTER 3 PM EDT SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF NEWNAN. AT 320 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTH FAYETTE COUNTY AND NEAR GRIFFIN IN SPALDING COUNTY GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN OTHER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. SHELTER SHOULD BE SOUGHT QUICKLY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WITH SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES SHOULD BE PRACTICED. &
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ003-005-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 519 PM EDT WED AUG 4 1993 AT 515 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY WERE OCCURRING FROM CARROLLTON TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA SOUTH TO LA GRANGE AND THOMASTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SOME STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH METRO ATLANTA AND IN THE THOMASTON AREA. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SHELTER SHOULD BE SOUGHT QUICKLY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WITH SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES SHOULD BE PRACTICED. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TRY TO AVOID RUNNING INTO AREAS OF STANDING WATER.
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ003-005-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 519 PM EDT WED AUG 4 1993 AT 515 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL GEORGIA. THEY WERE OCCURRING FROM CARROLLTON TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA SOUTH TO LA GRANGE AND THOMASTON. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SOME STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH METRO ATLANTA AND IN THE THOMASTON AREA. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SHELTER SHOULD BE SOUGHT QUICKLY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WITH SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES SHOULD BE PRACTICED. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TRY TO AVOID RUNNING INTO AREAS OF STANDING WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 51 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.