Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1993, 2:50 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 70 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1993, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barrow County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 KAHN 311855 SVRAHN GAC013-059-211-217-219-297-312000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 250 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BARROW COUNTY...CLARKE COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY ...NEWTON COUNTY...OCONEE COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY AT 250 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WINDER... NEAR MONROE...NEAR SOCIAL CIRCLE AND COVINGTON MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE LISTED COUNTIES AND THOSE IN AND NEAR THE CITIES OF ATHENS...MADISON AND MANSFIELD SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 2:39 PM EDT, 11 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 235 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING BARROW...WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CONYERS AND SOCIAL CIRCLE AND WEST OF WINDER. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NOT CROSS WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS AS SOME FLOODING OF STREETS IS POSSIBLE DUE THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THOSE ON AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA AND WEST NORTH CAROLINA. STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE DETECTED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR FORT VALLEY AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACON. ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED NEAR WALHALLA AND PICKENS. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:43 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ001>010-ALZ003-007-011-012-NCZ007-010>013-SCZ001>004-006- TNZ001>003-005-311946- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 235 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING BARROW...WALTON AND NEWTON COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CONYERS AND SOCIAL CIRCLE AND WEST OF WINDER. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED TO NOT CROSS WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTHS AS SOME FLOODING OF STREETS IS POSSIBLE DUE THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THOSE ON AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA AND WEST NORTH CAROLINA. STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE DETECTED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA NEAR FORT VALLEY AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACON. ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE NOTED NEAR WALHALLA AND PICKENS. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Local storm report, May 31, 2:45 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 250 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 COUNTY..... BIBB SOURCE..... NWS OBSERVER TIME....... 137-140 PM EDT LOCATION... MACON AIRPORT TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... THREE QUARTER IN DIAMETER HAIL. DAMAGE..... UNKN INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN
Local storm report, May 31, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 250 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 COUNTY..... COBB SOURCE..... COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT TYPE....... FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED...NO TOUCH DOWN TIME....... 215 PM EDT LOCATION... AUSTELL ROAD AND EAST-WEST CONNECTOR. DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED. COUNTY..... COBB SOURCE..... COUNTY SHERIFF TYPE....... FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED...NO TOUCH DOWN TIME....... 230 PM EDT LOCATION... I-285 AND SOUTH COBB DRIVE DAMAGE..... NONE WUUS01KAHN ,
Local storm report, May 31, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 250 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 COUNTY..... COBB SOURCE..... COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT TYPE....... FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED...NO TOUCH DOWN TIME....... 215 PM EDT LOCATION... AUSTELL ROAD AND EAST-WEST CONNECTOR. DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED. COUNTY..... COBB SOURCE..... COUNTY SHERIFF TYPE....... FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED...NO TOUCH DOWN TIME....... 230 PM EDT LOCATION... I-285 AND SOUTH COBB DRIVE DAMAGE..... NONE
Local storm report, May 31, 2:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 250 PM EDT MON MAY 31 1993 COUNTY..... BIBB SOURCE..... NWS OBSERVER TIME....... 137-140 PM EDT LOCATION... MACON AIRPORT TYPE STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... THREE QUARTER IN DIAMETER HAIL. DAMAGE..... UNKN INJURIES... UNKN COST....... UNKN WWUS30KATL ,
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, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton, Gwinnett | 53 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, 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.