Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 1993, 5:53 AM EDT for Dodge County, Laurens 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 Dodge County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 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 KMCN 300954 RRA SVRMCN GAC091-131-175-315-017-301145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 553 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...DODGE COUNTY...LAURENS COUNTY...WILCOX COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...IRWIN...BEN HILL COUNTY AT 550 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS COUNTY NEAR DUBLIN SOUTH TO EASTMAN IN DODGE COUNTY ON TO NEAR ROCHELLE IN WILCOX COUNTY AND ON TO FITZGERALD IN BEN HILL COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 QULICKLY 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, 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 | Ben Hill, Wilcox | 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.