Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1993, 5:12 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1993, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 172121 RRA SVRATL GAC057-121-172200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 512 PM EDT MON MAY 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 503 PM EDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IN WOODSTOCK IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN WOODSTOCK...ALPHARETTA AND MOUNTAIN PARK SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE DANGEROUS STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. WJZ 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 17, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
GAZ002-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 334 PM EDT MON MAY 17 1993 SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONTAL OVER EXTREM NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED OVER UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...LUMPKIN...WHITE AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN ANY OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING PLACES ALONG THE ROADWAYS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
GAZ002-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 334 PM EDT MON MAY 17 1993 SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...LUMPKIN...WHITE AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN ANY OF THE ABOVE COUNTIES YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY" SURFACE WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING PLACES ALONG THE ROADWAYS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ003-005-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 345 PM EDT MON MAY 17 1993 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 340 PM SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER HARALSON AND NORTH CARROLL COUNTIES AS WELL AS ALONG THE FULTON/COWETA COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET.
Special weather statement, May 17, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
GAZ003-005-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 345 PM EDT MON MAY 17 1993 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 340 PM SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER HARALSON AND NORTH CARROLL COUNTIES AS WELL AS ALONG THE FULTON/COWETA COUNTY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET.
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:20 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ001-003-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 420 PM EDT MON MAY 17 1993 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND INCREASING RAPIDLY IN NUMBER OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THE PAST HOUR. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 415 PM SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE POLK/PAULDING COUNTY LINE NORTHEAST OF ROCKMART. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN CHATTOOGA...EASTERN CARROLL...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING INTERSECTIONS IS POSSIBLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET.
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:23 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
GAZ001-003-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 420 PM EDT MON MAY 17 1993 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND INCREASING RAPIDLY IN NUMBER OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THE PAST HOUR. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 415 PM SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE POLK/PAULDING COUNTY LINE NORTHEAST OF ROCKMART. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN CHATTOOGA...EASTERN CARROLL...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING INTERSECTIONS IS POSSIBLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET.
Nearby
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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.