Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1993, 11:29 PM EST for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1993, 11:29 PM EST (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1993, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 577 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 220431 SVRATL GAC151-220500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1129 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...HENRY COUNTY A A SEVERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICAED BY RADAR OVER HENRY COUNTY AAT 1125 PM EST. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HAMPTON AT THAT TIME. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOLUR 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, Feb 21, 10:49 PM EST, 40 minutes before
GAZ001>007-220600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1030 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38 FOR NORTH GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 3 AM EST... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39. THIS NEW WATCH INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. AN AREA OF RAIN AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANNISTON ALABAMA ACROSS THE ATLANTA AREA...EASTWARD TO ATHENS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE AREAS FROM MARIETTA IN COBB COUNTY TO LITHONIA IN DEKALB COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY AT ANY TIME. PERSONS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 10:55 PM EST, 34 minutes before
GAZ006-220500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1054 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SEVERAL MIDDLE GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDING JASPER..PUTNAM..MONROE..JONES..BALDWIN..CRAWFORD..BIBB..TWIGGS.. AND WILKINSON. AT 1050 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A BROAD CURVED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH WERE NEAR SEVERE INTENSITY. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM ATHENS WEST TO THE ATLANTA METROPLEX THEN SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF LAGRANGE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH SOME STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE IN PUTNAM COUNTY WITHIN AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE MESSAGES OF WARNING SHOULD THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE.
Local storm report, Feb 21, 11:10 PM EST, 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1105 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 COUNTY........ HALL COUNTY SOURCE........ HAM RADIO SPOTTER TIME.......... 1010 PM EST LOCATION...... OAKWOOD...NEAR GAINSVILLE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... SMALL HAIL DAMAGE........SEVERAL BLDGS DAMAGED...ONE LARGE BUILDING DESTROYED INJURIES......INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED...EXTENT UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Feb 21, 11:12 PM EST, 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1108 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 COUNTY........ CLARKE COUNTY SOURCE........ HAM RADIO SPOTTER TIME..........1030 PM EST LOCATION...... HWY 153 8 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... SMALL HAIL DAMAGE........TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. INJURIES......NONE
Local storm report, Feb 21, 11:15 PM EST, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1110 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 COUNTY........WALTON COUNTY SOURCE........ HAM RADIO SPOTTER TIME..........1030 PM EST LOCATION......HWY 138 NEAR MONROE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... SMALL HAIL DAMAGE........POWER LINES DOWN...SMALL BLDGS DAMAGED INJURIES......NONE
Local storm report, Feb 21, 11:27 PM EST, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1120 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 COUNTY........ OCONEE COUNTY SOURCE........ SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME..........1020 PM EST LOCATION......DANIELLESVILLE 2ROAD TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........TREES DOWN INJURIES......NONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 8:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 9:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 9:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, White | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 9:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 60 min |
| Feb 21, 9:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 58 min |
| Feb 21, 9:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 9:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 10:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding | 29 min |
| Feb 21, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 64 min |
| Feb 21, 11:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 36 min |
| Feb 21, 11:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 11:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 11:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 11:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Newton | 66 min |
| Feb 21, 11:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 12:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 67 min |
| Feb 22, 12:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 1:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones | 52 min |
| Feb 22, 2:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 42 min |
| Feb 22, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 2:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Hancock, Warren | 52 min |
| Feb 22, 3:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 3:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 25 min |
| Feb 22, 4:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 40 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.