Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1993, 10:33 AM EDT for Carroll County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1993, 10:33 AM EDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1993, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 131431 SVRATL GAC045-223-131515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1033 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CARROLL COUNTY...PAULDING COUNTY AT 1028 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR IN ATLANTA INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY NEAR VILLA RICA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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. WJZ
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 13, 9:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
GAZ002-004-131400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 905 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING@ AND SMALL HAIL HAVE REACHED TO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES: HALL...NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 13, 9:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ002-004-131400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 905 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL HAVE REACHED TO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES: HALL...NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:02 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ002-004-131600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1002 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EDT. THE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE...BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...ELBERT...GREENE...HALL...JACKSON... MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...TALIAFERRO AND WALTON COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS IN AND CLOSE TO THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:02 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ005-008-011-ALZ012-GAZ012-006-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1000 AM EDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EDT... WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS GEORGIA SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR AUBURN IN LEE COUNTY TO UNION SPRINGS IN BULLOCK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA WITHIN THE HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE POTENTIAL F0OR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:04 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
GAZ002-004-131600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1002 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM EDT. THE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE...BANKS...BARROW...CLARKE...ELBERT...GREENE...HALL...JACKSON... MADISON...MORGAN...NEWTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...TALIAFERRO AND WALTON COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS IN AND CLOSE TO THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE STORMS. STAY TU4NED TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Henry | 56 min |
| May 13, 8:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 56 min |
| May 13, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 66 min |
| May 13, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 66 min |
| May 13, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 48 min |
| May 13, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Spalding | 46 min |
| May 13, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Franklin, Habersham, Stephens | 61 min |
| May 13, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Madison, Oconee | 61 min |
| May 13, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 51 min |
| May 13, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 51 min |
| May 13, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jenkins | 67 min |
| May 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Hart | 40 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.