Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1993, 8:13 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1993, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1993, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Troup County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | La Grange, GA | A weak tornado briefly touched down 10 miles southwest of La Grange in extreme southwestern Troup county near Georgia Highway 29 and West Point road. A few large trees were uprooted along the tornado path. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 040021 SVRATL GAC285-040100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 813 PM EDT MON MAY 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TROUP COUNTY AT 805 PM EST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE GEORGIA/ALABAMA BORDER...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAGRANGE. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF LAGRANGE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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
Special weather statement, May 3, 7:45 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-040145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 745 PM EDT MON MAY 3 1993 ,,,A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. AT 640 PM CDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SCATTERED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ON THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA BORDER BETWEEN SEALE ALABAMA AND LUMPKIN GEORGIA...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF TUSKEGEE...WEST OF UNION SPRINGS AND JUST EAST OF BANKS. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR MACON COUNTY ALABAMA UNTIL 715 PM CDT. JASPER ALABAMA REPORTED A TORNADO AT 642 CDT. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, May 3, 7:46 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-040145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 745 PM EDT MON MAY 3 1993 ,,,A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 11 PM CDT. AT 640 PM CDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SCATTERED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ON THE ALABAMA-GEORGIA BORDER BETWEEN SEALE ALABAMA AND LUMPKIN GEORGIA...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF TUSKEGEE...WEST OF UNION SPRINGS AND JUST EAST OF BANKS. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR MACON COUNTY ALABAMA UNTIL 715 PM CDT. JASPER ALABAMA REPORTED A TORNADO AT 642 CDT. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 67 min |
| May 4, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.