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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 14, 1993Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1993, 8:35 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1993, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1993, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1993-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2023 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1993-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 150038 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC169-150115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
835 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 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
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 832 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MACON LOCATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF GRAY IN JONES COUNTY MOVING SOUTH AT
14 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.

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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.