Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1993, 12:54 AM EST for Greene County, Taliaferro County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 1993, 12:54 AM EST (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1993, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 KAHN 220555 SVRAHN GAC133-265-220630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1254 AM EST MON FEB 22 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...GREENE COUNTY...TALIAFERRO COUNTY AT 1250 AM EST ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO GREENE COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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, Feb 21, 11:15 PM EST, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 27 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
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 11:40 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-220645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1140 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 39 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COLUMBUS GA AND PHENIX CITY AL UNTIL 3 AM EST TONIGHT... AT 1130 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. A SOLID AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING FROM MCDONOUGH TO LAGRANGE GEORGIA AND IN ALABAMA FROM JUST NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO EAST OF ROCKFORD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THIS AREA FROM LAGRANGE TO NORTH OF HOGANSVILLE AND NEAR FAYETTEVILLE TO WEST OF MCDONOUGH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING A LITTLE SOUTH OF DUE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ALSO WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CRHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Feb 21, 11:46 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1145 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993 COUNTY........ OCONEE COUNTY SOURCE........ HAM RADIO SPOTTER TIME..........1140 PM EST LOCATION......OCONEE COUNTY` HIGH SCHOOL TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........GOLF BALL SIZE DAMAGE........UNKNOWN INJURIES......NONE
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 12:24 AM EST, 30 minutes before
GAZ006-220600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1225 AM EST MON FEB 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED FOR JASPER COUNTY AT 12:15 AM... AT 1220 AM RADAR IN MACON CONTINUED TO INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY MOVING INTO PUTNAM COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT THE STORMS REMAINED VERY STRONG AND COULD STILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MONROE COUNTY AFTER 12:30 AM CST. THIS STORM IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SEVERE ACTIVITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE MESSAGES OF WARNING SHOULD THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE. . A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 3 AM EST.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 12:29 AM EST, 25 minutes before
GAZ006-220600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1225 AM EST MON FEB 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRED FOR JASPER COUNTY AT 12:15 AM... AT 1220 AM RADAR IN MACON CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY MOVING INTO PUTNAM COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT THE STORMS REMAINED VERY STRONG AND COULD STILL PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON AND SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MONROE COUNTY AFTER 12:30 AM EST. THIS STORM IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SEVERE ACTIVITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR POSSIBLE MESSAGES OF WARNING SHOULD THESE STORMS BECOME SEVERE. . A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 3 AM EST. ...CORRECTED CST TO EST IN BODY OF STATEMENT...
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, 11:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 31 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, 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
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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.