Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1993, 5:15 PM EST for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 1993, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1993, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 KAGS 312217 SVRAGS GAC125-163-303-312300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 515 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...GLASCOCK COUNTY...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 505 PM EST WEATHER RADARS INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WASHINGTON COUNTY GEORGIA. RADAR INDICATES LARGE HAIL IN THIS STORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PUBLIC REPORTED LARGE HAIL FROM THIS STORM IN MILLEGEVILLE, GA. x
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, Mar 31, 4:21 PM EST, 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 420 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 175 LAURENS SOURCE..... OCMULGEE EMC TIME....... 415 PM EST LOCATION... DUDLEY TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... 1 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:22 PM EST, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 425 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 271 TELFAIR SOURCE..... LITTLE OCMULGEE EMC TIME....... 325 PM EST LOCATION... 4 SOUTH OF MCRAE TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... NONE DAMAGE..... TRAILER BLOWN OVER BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:24 PM EST, 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 426 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 175 LAURENS SOURCE..... DUBLIN TELEPHONE COMPANY TIME....... 418 PM EST LOCATION... DUBLIN 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, 4:33 PM EST, 42 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-312330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 433 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES...TORNADO WATCH #88 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWESTERN..AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EST... AT 430 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SLYVESTER IN WORTH COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND THE REST OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA..HOWEVER..CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST..AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF A STORM THREATENS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 31, 5:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 505 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... 009 BALDWIN SOURCE..... HAM RADIO OPERATOR LTIME....... 501 PM EST LOCATION... MILLEDGEVILLE TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIDTH...... NONE LENGTH..... NONE HAIL....... 1 INCH DAMAGE..... NONE TREES...... NONE INJURIES... NONE COST....... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Mar 31, 5:15 PM EST, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
515 PM EST WED MAR 31 1993
COUNTY........ LUMPKIN
SOURCE........ SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME.......... 1635 EST/2135Z
LOCATION...... DAHLONEGA GEORGIA
TYPE STORM.... THUNDERSTORM
HAIL.......... QUARTER SIZE
DAMAGE........ NONE KNOWN
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INJURIES...... NONE KNOWNThe 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, 3:48 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 |
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.