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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 5, 1993Burke County, Emanuel County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1993, 5:19 PM EDT for Burke County, Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1993, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burke County, GA, Emanuel County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 KAGS 052119 RRA
SVRAGS
GAC033-107-052200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
519 PM EDT MON APR 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY...NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY
 
AT 516 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
HAIL NORTHERN EMANUEL COUNTY...NORTHWEST OF SWAINSBORO. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Apr 5, 4:47 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
450 PM EST MON APR 5 1993

...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE...

COUNTY.....  175 LAURENS
SOURCE.....  911 DISPATCHER
TIME.......  4:25 PM EST
LOCATION...\  DUDLEY, GEORGIA
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WIDTH......  NONE
LENGTH.....  NONE
HAIL.......  GOLFBALL
DAMAGE.....  NONE
TREES......  NONE
INJURIES...  NONE
COST.......  UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Apr 5, 5:05 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
505 PM EST MON APR 5 1993

NOTE SELS... CORRECTED REPORT...

COUNTY.....  175 LAURENS
SOURCE.....  911 DISPATCHER
TIME.......  4:15 PM EST
LOCATION...  DUDLEY, GEORGIA
TYPE STORM.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WIDTH......  NONE
LENGTH.....  NONE
HAIL.......  GOLFBALL
DAMAGE.....  NONE
TREES......  NONE
INJURIES...  NONE
COST.......  UNKNOWN

THIS REPORTED EARLIER PUT AT 4:25 PM... CORRECTED TO 4:15 PM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBleckley, Twiggs40 min
Apr 5, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens44 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.