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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 5, 1993Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1993, 3:35 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1993, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1993, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bleckley County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 495 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
495 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
763 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMCN 051936 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC023-289-052015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
335 PM EDT MON APR 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BLECKLEY COUNTY...TWIGGS COUNTY
 
AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ON THE TWIGGS-BLECKLEY COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD PASS NORTH OF COCHRAN DURING THE NEXT 10
MINUTES.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens44 min
Apr 5, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke, Emanuel41 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.