Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Twiggs | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 44 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.