Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1993, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chattooga County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 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 KATL 152134 SVRFFC GAC055-152215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 532 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CHATTOOGA COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF FORT PAYNE ALABAMA NEAR WEISS LAKE AT 530 PM EDT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MENLO COMMUNITY OF NORTHWEST CHATOOGA COUNTY GEORGIA IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO 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, Apr 15, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ012-152215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 412 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIRMINGHAM TO JUST WEST OF MONTGOMERY. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PRESENTLY...NO PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN GEORGIA...HOWEVER...PERSONS NEED TO BE ALERT OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ012-152215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 412 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL ALABAMA EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIRMINGHAM TO JUST WEST OF MONTGOMERY. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PRESENTLY...NO PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN GEORGIA...HOWEVER...PERSONS NEED TO BE ALERT OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:12 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZ002-004-160515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 512 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 129 FOR ALL NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM FRIDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE PREVIOUS MENTIONED COUNTIES LUMPKIN...UNION AND DAWSON WHERE THE WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT. THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WATCH THAT INCLUDED NORTHERN AND WESTERN GEORGIA IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND PREPARE TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:14 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ002-004-160515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 512 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 129 FOR ALL NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM FRIDAY...EXCEPT FOR THE PREVIOUS MENTIONED COUNTIES LUMPKIN...UNION AND DAWSON WHERE THE WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT. THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WATCH THAT INCLUDED NORTHERN AND WESTERN GEORGIA IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 "PM EDT. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND PREPARE TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:20 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ001-003-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 520 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT... AT 515 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO ROME GEORGIA TO NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF ALABAMA. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AT 45 MPH...REACHING THE ATLANTA AREA BY 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH POSSIBLY A TORNADO. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP A CAREFUL CHECK ON THE DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISIONS STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:21 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ001-003-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 520 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT... AT 515 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE TO ROME GEORGIA TO NEAR MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF ALABAMA. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD AT 45 MPH...REACHING THE ATLANTA AREA BY 7 PM THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH POSSIBLY A TORNADO. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP A CAREFUL CHECK ON THE DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISIONS STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 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.