Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1993, 2:08 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Jenkins County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1993, 2:08 PM EDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1993, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Jenkins County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 KAGS 131810 RRA SVRAGS GAC107-165-131915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 208 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EASTERN EMANUEL COUNTY...JENKINS COUNTY AT 105 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN AUGUSTA INTICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN SWAINSBORO AND MILLEN IN EASTERN EMANUAL COUNTY GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 13, 1:18 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
GAZ001-005-131915-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
1:17 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993
...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN GEORGIA
AND PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN
GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR GWINNETT COUNTY UNTIL
1 PM AND FOR SPALDING AND AND WESTERN PIKE COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM.
AT 1 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE ...EXTENDED FROM
NORTH OF COLUMBUS THROUGH WOODBURY AND JONESBORO TO LAWRENCEVILLE AND
BUFORD, GEORGIA. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST AS 35 MILES AND HOUR WHILE HAS REMAINED ON AN EASTERLY
COURSE.
.
EARLIER BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 1 PM REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS REPORTED BY EMS PERSONNEL IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. AT FLINT
RIVER SCHOOL VERY STRONG WINDS BLEW DOWN TREES AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL
WAS OBSERVED. A TORNADO WARNING WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
OVER A LARGE PART OF GEORGIA THIS AFVTERNOON. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND MAY ACOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS.
BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
...CREEKS...AND THE LOW AREAS OF SOME ROADS.Local storm report, May 13, 1:20 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT ...COR HAIL SIZE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 120 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 COUNTY........JACKSON SOURCE........HAM RADIO OPERATOR TIME..........120-130 PM EDT/1720-1730Z LOCATION......5 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS...HWY 129 TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........MARBLE SIZE/NICKEL SIZE DAMAGE........COVERING THE GROUND INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, May 13, 1:21 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 120 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 COUNTY........HALL SOURCE........HAM RADIO OPERATOR TIME..........115 PM EDT/1715Z LOCATION......2 MILES WEST OF GAIpNESVILLE TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........MARBLE SIZE DAMAGE........MANY SMALL LIMBS BROKEN OFF TREES INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, May 13, 1:38 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 120 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 COUNTY........JACKSON SOURCE........HAM RADIO OPERATOR TIME..........120-130 PM EDT/1720-1730Z LOCATION......5 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS...HWY 129 TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........MARBLE SIZE DAMAGE........COVERING THE GROUND INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:54 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 154 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 256...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 CONTINUES FOR NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 150 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED THE LEADING EDGE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ATHENS SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF MACON THEN CONTINUING SOUTH TO ALBANY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM DETECTED BY THE MACON RADAR WAS BETWEEN REYNOLDS...ROBERTA AND FORT VALLEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. PERS0NS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MUST EXPECT LIGHTNING...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND BRIEF PERIODS OF BLINDING RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ006-008-009-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 154 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 ...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 256...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 254 CONTINUES FOR NORTH AND WEST GEORGIA UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 150 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED THE LEADING EDGE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ATHENS SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF MACON THEN CONTINUING SOUTH TO ALBANY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM DETECTED BY THE MACON RADAR WAS BETWEEN REYNOLDS...ROBERTA AND FORT VALLEY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. PERS0NS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MUST EXPECT LIGHTNING...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND BRIEF PERIODS OF BLINDING RAINFALL.
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, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 51 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.