Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1993, 9:40 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1993, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1993, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 160142 SVRAHN GAC139-160230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 940 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HALL COUNTY AT 940 PM EDT THE ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE TH7UNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY NEAR LAKE LANIER. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 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 CA LM 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
Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 30 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, 2 hours 21 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, 1 hour 49 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:02 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-160230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 900 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 8:55 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR AT MACON STILL SHOWED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN POUNDING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGIA SINCE THE EARLY EVENING... INCLUDING ATLANTA. THAT AREA OF STORMS HAS BEEN PULLING AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST HOWEVER... AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO THREATEN THE MIDDLE GEORGIA AREA FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING DOWN ACROSS WESTERN GEORGIA AND INTO ALABAMA.. BUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE APPARENTLY SLOWED DOWN AND HAVE WEAKENED SOMEWHAT. THE WATCH DOES CONTINUE THOUGH... AND THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH MIDDLE GEORGIA LATER TONIGHT.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:09 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 908 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 COUNTY........ NORTHERN DAWSON SOURCE........ SHERIFF OFFICE TIME.......... 855 PM EDT/ 0055Z LOCATION...... 10 NW DAWSONVILLE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE REPORTED DAMAGE........ COUPLE OF TREES DOWN BY HWY 136 AND 183 INJURIES...... NONE
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, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 66 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.