Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1993, 8:24 PM EDT for Dawson County, Hall County, Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1993, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1993, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawson County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 160026 SVRAHN GAC139-187-085-160130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 824 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HALL COUNTY...LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DAWSON COUNTY AT 720 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUMMING GEORGIA AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PERSONS IN HALL...DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND ADJACENT AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. 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 CAL M 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, 5:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-152255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 540 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 5:35 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR AT MACON INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OF ANY SORT IN THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA. HOWEVER... A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ON A LINE FROM EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA DOWN INTO EAST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THE WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE BIBB COUNTY... BUT DOES INCLUDE THOSE COUNTIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH. JASPER... JONES... MONROE... PUTNAM... AND BALDWIN COUNTIES... ARE IN THE TORNADO WATCH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE AREA AFTER 7PM WITH WESTERNMOST COUNTIES AFFECTED FIRST.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 5:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-152255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 540 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 5:35 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR AT MACON INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION OF ANY SORT IN THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA. HOWEVER... A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ON A LINE FROM EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA DOWN INTO EAST AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THE WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE BIBB COUNTY... BUT DOES INCLUDE THOSE COUNTIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH. JASPER... JONES... MONROE... PUTNAM... AND BALDWIN COUNTIES... ARE IN THE TORNADO WATCH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE AREA AFTER 7PM WITH WESTERNMOST COUNTIES AFFECTED FIRST.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 645 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 COUNTY..... HARALSON SOURCE..... COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TYPE....... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL TIME......`. AROUND 630 PM EDT LOCATION... IN CITY OF BUCHANAN DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED YET
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-152255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 710 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 7:05 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR AT MACON INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA. HOWEVER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING FROM THE NORTHWEST PART OF GEORGIA DOWN TO EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SHOULD REACH THE MIDDLE GEORGIA AREA LATER THIS EVENING AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AT 30 MPH. THE WATCH AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE BIBB COUNTY... BUT DOES INCLUDE THOSE COUNTIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH. JASPER... JONES... MONROE... PUTNAM... A"ND BALDWIN COUNTIES... ARE IN THE TORNADO WATCH.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-GAZ006-160115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 716 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 712 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA TO NEAR TUSKEGEE AND TALLASEE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS THIS LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA8 FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 7:51 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ008-011-160145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 747 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 745 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN MONTGOMERY AND ATLANTA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. NO STORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA..HOWEVER..CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, White | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rabun | 68 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.