Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 1993, 5:53 AM EDT for Ben Hill County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 112 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 1993, 5:53 AM EDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 1993, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
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
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 4:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
GAZ123-126-093-092-104-124-300915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 410 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 926 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 5 AM EDT... AT 4 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED IN A LINE FROM NEAR REYNOLDS TO EDISON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NUMEROUS IN THIS AREA FROM ELLAVILLE TO EAST OF PARROT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CALHOUN..TERREL..LEE..SUMTER...SCHLEY AND MACON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR..VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. TORNADOS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGEST STORMS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 4:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
GAZ123-126-093-092-104-124-300915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 410 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 926 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 5 AM EDT... AT 4 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED IN A LINE FROM NEAR REYNOLDS TO EDISON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NUMEROUS IN THIS AREA FROM ELLAVILLE TO EAST OF PARROT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CALHOUN..TERREL..LEE..SUMTER...SCHLEY AND MACON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR..VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. TORNADOS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGEST STORMS. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 5:00 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
GAZ146-147-145-129-127-301100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 504 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 927 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL WITH ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 AM EDT. AT 455 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM VIENNA TO NORTHWEST OF SYLVESTER TO MEAR BRIDGEBORO TO NEAR PELHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS BUT MOSTLY IN WORTH..MITCHELL..COLQUITT..TIFT ..AND COOK COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. TORNADOS OCCUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 5:04 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
GAZ146-147-145-129-127-301100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 504 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 927 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL WITH ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 AM EDT. AT 455 AM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM VIENNA TO NORTHWEST OF SYLVESTER TO MEAR BRIDGEBORO TO NEAR PELHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS BUT MOSTLY IN WORTH..MITCHELL..COLQUITT..TIFT ..AND COOK COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. TORNADOS OCCUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:10 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 510 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 COUNTY......CLAY COUNTY GEORGIA SOURCE......CALLS FROM STATE PATROL IN CUTHBERT GEORGIA. TIME........320 AM EDT LOCATION....5 MILES NORTH OF FT GAINES IN THE GOPHER RIDGE COMMUNITY. DAMAGE......TRAILERS BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN. INJURIES....4 REPORTED AT THIS TIME. DEATHS......NONE COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE FURTHER REPORTS WILL BE ISSUED WHEN MORE IS REPORTED.
Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:13 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 510 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 COUNTY......CLAY COUNTY GEORGIA SOURCE......CALLS FROM STATE PATROL IN CUTHBERT GEORGIA. TIME........320 AM EDT LOCATION....5 MILES NORTH OF FT GAINES IN THE GOPHER RIDGE COMMUNITY. DAMAGE......TRAILERS BLOWN OVER AND TREES DOWN. INJURIES....4 REPORTED AT THIS TIME. DEATHS......NONE COSTS.......UNAVAILABLE FURTHER REPORTS WILL BE ISSUED WHEN MORE IS REPORTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 5:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 112 min |
| Oct 30, 5:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Grady | 112 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.