Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1993, 12:09 PM EDT for Barrow County, Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1993, 12:09 PM EDT (16:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1993, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barrow County, GA, Jackson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 KAHN 131616 COR SVRAHN GAC013-157-217-131715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1209 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BARROW COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS NOW IN NEWTON COUNTY ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 10:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 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.
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour before
GAZ006-008-009-131715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1109 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 1105 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN GEORGIA FROM ALABAMA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE GOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSONS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour before
GAZ006-008-009-131715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1109 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 1105 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN GEORGIA FROM ALABAMA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE GOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND PERSONS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:33 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
GAZ001-005-131730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
11:31 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM THIS AFTERNOON..
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS ENDED FOR
CARROLL AND PAULDING COUNTIES...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARROLL AND PAULING COUNTIES HAS JUST
ENDED. THERE WERE REPORTS FROM CARROLLTON P. D. THAT HAIL IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY WAS OBSERVED AROUND 10:30 AM...HOWEVER MAINLY HEAVY
RAIN AND SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE REPORTED. IN PAULDING COUNTY AGAIN
HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING OCCURRED.
WEATHER RADAR HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY SHOWERS WITH SOME EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ATLANTA AREA FROM FAIRBURN THROUGH DOUGLASVILLE
AND ATLANTA AIRPORT...THEN NORTH TO ROSWELL. GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE
STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF AUSTELL AND NEAR ROSWELL.
THE STORM AT AUSTELL SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MARIETTA AREA BY 11:30 AM WHILE
THE ROSWELL STORM WILL AFFECT THE CUMMING AREA IN ABOUT AN HOUR. THESE
STORMS COULD PRODDUCE DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE FOU8R COUNTY AREA OF FULTON...COBB...DEKALB AND
GWINNETT COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
SOME STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY BUT BRIEF DOWNPOURS WHICH
FLOOD SOME STREETS AND LOW AREAS IN THE ATLANTA AREA.
BUTLERSpecial weather statement, May 13, 11:43 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
GAZ002-004-131645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1143 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING ATHENS...GAINESVILLE...MONROE AND ELBERTON UNTIL 400 PM EDT... RADAR AT 1140 AM EDT INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND NORTH OF ATLANTA WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS NORTH OF ATLANTA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 11:45 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ002-004-131645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1143 AM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING ATHENS...GAINESVILLE...MONROE AND ELBERTON UNTIL 400 PM EDT... RADAR AT 1140 AM EDT INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND NORTH OF ATLANTA WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS NORTH OF ATLANTA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA REMAIN ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO...TV...VOR 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, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 42 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.