Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1993, 1:37 PM EDT for Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1993, 1:37 PM EDT (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1993, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 311738 SVRATL GAC121-135-311830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 137 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY...GWINNETT COUNTY AT 1:40 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 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 31, 11:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
GAZ002-004-311800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1157 AM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA... AT 1152 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR FARIMOUNT GEORGIA...NORTHEAST...TO NEAR ROBBINSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED NEAR CARTERS LAKE AND JUST NORTH OF BLUE RIDGE GEORGIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BLAIRSVILLE AS WELL AS THE REMAINDER OF UNION COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 1 PM EDT. ALSO PERSONS ALL ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERRABLY INDOORS...SHO DTHUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THIS MEMORIAL DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. THOSE ENJOYING OUTDOOR OUTINGS AS WELL AS BOATERS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO THIS WEATHER ACTIVITY AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOU LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WWUS35KCYS ,
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
GAZ001-003-311700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1115 AM EST MON MAY 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA... AT 1115 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH GEORGIA FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF CHATSWORTH IN MURRAY COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTH TO NEAR CALHOUN IN GORDON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CHATSWORTH IN MURRAY COUNTY. THESE STPRMS HAVE HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH TENNESSEE AND INTO TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TODAY...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AS SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND OTHERS DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WSUS41KMKC ,
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
GAZ001-003-311800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1226 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA... AT 1223 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR CARTERSVILLE IN BARTOW COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. WWUS35KAHN ,
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
GAZ001-003-311800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1226 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA... AT 1223 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE RIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR CARTERSVILLE IN BARTOW COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGfHTNING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-311800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1230 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS APPROACHING THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ALLATOONA LAKE NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JASPER AND JUST WEST OF BLAIRSVILLE GEORGIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BLAIRSVILLE...DAWSONVILLE AND DAHLONEGA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF DAWSON...LUMPKIN AND UNION COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. ALSO BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD LOOK FOR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. ELSEWHERE RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WOUS01KAWN ,
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-311800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1230 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS APPROACHING THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ALLATOONA LAKE NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JASPER AND JUST WEST OF BLAIRSVILLE GEORGIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BLAIRSVILLE...DAWSONVILLE AND DAHLONEGA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF DAWSON...LUMPKIN AND UNION COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. ALSO BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD LOOK FOR SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. ELSEWHERE RAINSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACRORSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 36 min |
| May 31, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 60 min |
| May 31, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 59 min |
| May 31, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 45 min |
| May 31, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 55 min |
| May 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke | 70 min |
| May 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Walton | 70 min |
| May 31, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 57 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.