Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1993, 2:20 PM EDT for Franklin County, Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1993, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1993, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, GA, Hart County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 131822 SVRAHN GAC119-147-131900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 220 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...HART COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY ATHEN"S RADAR NEAR ROYSTON AND THE SOUTHEAST SECTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES2 OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, May 13, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 59 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, 42 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, 26 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, 25 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.
Local storm report, May 13, 2:12 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 205 PM EDT THU MAY 13 1993 COUNTY........MADISON COUNTY SOURCE........OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE TIME..........205 PM EDT/1805Z LOCATION......10 MILES NORTH OF DANIELSVILLE GA. TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........ONE INCH HALE DAMAGE........COVERING THE GROUND INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
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, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jenkins | 67 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.