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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 30, 1993Fayette County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT for Fayette County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1993, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1993-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KATL 302102
SVRFFC
GAC113-302145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
500 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 455 PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE BOUNDARY OF COWETA AND
FAYETTE COUNTIES. THE STORM WAS JUST WEST OF VAUGHN AND MOVING NORTH AT
5 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM.
 
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO BE ON THE ALERT.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
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

Special weather statement, May 30, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ011-302015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
327 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INCREASE OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 325 EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDDERSTORMS OVER
MARION...MUSCOGEE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND RUSSELL
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR
THE LOCAL NEW MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING.

&
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ011-302015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
327 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INCREASE OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 325 EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDDERSTORMS OVER
MARION...MUSCOGEE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND RUSSELL
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THE
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR
THE LOCAL NEW MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING.

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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.