Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 3:22 PM EST for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 312023 SVRMCN GAC315-312115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 322 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WILCOX COUNTY AT 320 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCHELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...TOWARD ABBEVILLE. 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
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 1:36 PM EST, 1 hour 46 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, 1 hour 43 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, 1 hour 38 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:39 PM EST, 43 minutes before
GAZ002-004-312145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 237 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES VALID FROM 245 PM THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENONG. 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, 2:44 PM EST, 38 minutes before
GAZ008-011-012-312145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 244 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... AT 240 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY TO ALBANY TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WIND..LIGHTNING..HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR RESIDENCE IF A TORNADO THREATENS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:15 PM EST, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 315 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 091 DODGE SOURCE..... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TIME....... 3:03 PM LOCATION... MILAN TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... 1.00 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN TIME....... COUNTY..... 081 CRISP SOURCE..... COUNTY 911 TIME...... 3:08 PM LOCATION... ARABI TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... 0.75 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
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, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 44 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.