Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1993, 1:14 PM EDT for Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1993, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1993, 2:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 WUUS1 KAHN 131715 SVRFFC GAC011-013-059-119-137-157-195-219-257-297-131815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 114 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BANKS COUNTY...BARROW COUNTY...CLARKE COUNTY ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...HABERSHAM COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY ...MADISON COUNTY...OCONEE COUNTY...STEPHENS COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM GAINESVILLE SOUTH TO 10 MILES WEST OF WATKINSVILLE TO MONROE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN OAKWOOD. 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, 12:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
GAZ005-008-ALZ011-131700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 12083 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST GEORGIA... AT 1205 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS GEORGIA CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY SHOWERS WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND AND WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LO TJUST NORTHWEST OF NEWVILLE IN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND JUST SOUTH OF BLAKELY IN EARLY COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AS THEY MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES.. AND VERY HEAVY BUT BRIEF DOWNPOURS. &
Local storm report, May 13, 12:40 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1240 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 COUNTY........WALTON SOURCE........WALTON COUNTY SHERIFF TIME..........1235 PM EDT/1635Z LOCATION......10 MILES WNW OF MONROE IN LOGANVILLE TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........ONE INCH SIZE DAMAGE........NONE REPORTED INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, May 13, 12:42 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1240 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 COUNTY........WALTON SOURCE........WALTON COUNTY SHERIFF TIME..........1235 PM EDT/1635Z LOCATION......10 MILES WNW OF MONROE IN LOGANVILLE TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........ONE INCH SIZE DAMAGE........NONE REPORTED INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:50 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-131845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1250 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA...INCLUDING MUCH OF MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 1245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MONROE IN WALTON COUNTY OF NORTH GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY ON TO NEAR COLEMAN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING AND DEVELOPING SLOWLY EAST WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN AND AROUND THE MACON AREA AREA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS...OVER MACON AROUND 300 PM. PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR LIGHTNING...HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND SUDDEN BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAN QUICKLREDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO FOR MOTORISTS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:51 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-131845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1250 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA...INCLUDING MUCH OF MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 1245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MONROE IN WALTON COUNTY OF NORTH GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY ON TO NEAR COLEMAN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING AND DEVELOPING SLOWLY EAST WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN AND AROUND THE MACON AREA AREA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS...OVER MACON AROUND 300 PM. PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR LIGHTNING...HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND SUDDEN BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAN QUICKLREDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO FOR MOTORIST S.
Special weather statement, May 13, 12:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-131845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1250 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA...INCLUDING MUCH OF MIDDLE GEORGIA... AT 1245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MONROE IN WALTON COUNTY OF NORTH GEORGIA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY ON TO NEAR COLEMAN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING AND DEVELOPING SLOWLY EAST WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN AND AROUND THE MACON AREA AR(EA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS...OVER MACON AROUND 300 PM. PERSONS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR LIGHTNING...HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND SUDDEN BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH CAN QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO FOR MOTORISTS.
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 | 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, 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.