Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 2:02 PM EST for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 2:02 PM EST (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dodge County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 311906 COR SVRMCN GAC091-311945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 202 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...DODGE COUNTY AT 2:00 PM... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ABBEVILLE GEORGIA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT CHAUNCEY AND EASTMAN IN DODGE COUNTY... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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. THE WARNING FOR TURNER COUNTY IS CANCELLED AT THIS TIME... AND WILCOX COUNTY REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 2:30PM.D
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, Mar 31, 10:23 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-311600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1025 AM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 2PM... AT 10:20 THIS MORNING... RADAR AT MACON WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM MILLEDGEVILLE TO JEFFERSONVILLE TO HELENA. THIS IS ALL MOVED WELL EAST OF MACON AND MOVING OFF FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH... MAINLY CAUSING HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. LOOKING A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD... CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD HAVE A BREAK FROM STORMY WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE WITH TIME HOWEVER AND THIS MEANS THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP FROM THE OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWARD INTO GEORGIA. IT IS TOO EARLY YET TO GIVE A MORE EXACT TIME FOR THE STORMY WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. CENTRAL GEORGIA RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY UP TO DATE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 11:25 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-311830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1124 AM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH #85 IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST..AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 2 PM EST...TORNADO WATCH #86 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1120 AM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SOUTH AND EAST OF TIFTON. THIS AREA EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NO THREATENING WEATHER WAS INDICATED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA..HOWEVER..THE AIRMASS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TAKE COVER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:44 AM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1145 AM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 207 MONROE SOURCE..... LAMAR EMC TIME....... 0845 EST LOCATION... CULLODEN GEORGIA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... TREES DOWNED BY WINDS CAUSED POWER OUTAGES. INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:36 PM EST, 26 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-312045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 136 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EST... AT 133 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR THOMASVILLE IN THOMAS COUNTY..NEAR CAIRO IN GRADY COUNTY..AND NEAR ADEL IN COOK COUNTY. NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA..HOWEVER..THE AIRMASS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST..AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..HAIL..AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS. IF A TORNADO THREATENS..MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:39 PM EST, 23 minutes before
GAZ004-312045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 137 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST GEORGIA VALID FROM 2PM THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES NEWTON OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND YOU SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:44 PM EST, 18 minutes before
GAZ004-312045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT . . . CORRECTION THIRD LINE . . . NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 137 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF WEST GEORGIA VALID FROM 2PM THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES NEWTON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND YOU SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE AFTE RNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 9:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 10:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Spalding | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 3:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 45 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.