Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 3:48 PM EST for Bleckley County, Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Dodge County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 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 312051 COR SVRMCN GAC023-091-312130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 348 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BLECKLEY COUNTY...DODGE COUNTY AT 3:46 PM EST... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN EASTMAN AND COCHRAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY COVERED THE GROUND NORTH OF EASTMAN WITH MARBLE-SIZED HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY jDO 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, 2:39 PM EST, 1 hour 9 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, 1 hour 4 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, 33 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
Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:23 PM EST, 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 320 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 287 TURNER SOURCE..... IRWIN COUNTY EMC TIME....... 200 PM LOCATION... REBECCA TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS DAMAGING POWER LINES. INJURIES... NONE COST....... $ UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:32 PM EST, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 330 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 315 WILCOX SOURCE..... SHERIFFS OFFICE TIMEH....... 205 PM EST LOCATION... ROCHELLE TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... 3/4 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:32 PM EST, 16 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-312130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 331 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EST... AT 331 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN- FALL WAS NOTED OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF EASTMAN AND ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN- FALL WAS ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF MACON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 LMILES AN HOUR.
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, 3:22 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, 3:59 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.