Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1993, 2:38 PM EDT for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1993, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1993, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Banks County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 291838 TORAHN GAC011-291930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 238 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN BANKS COUNTY AT 233PM EDT...SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED OVER NORTHEAST HALL COUNTY BY PERSONNEL A FIRE STATION NUMBER 6 IN THE CITY OF LULA. RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST HALL COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.\ IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 29, 1:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
GAZ008-011-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 103 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 1255 PM EDT COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN AN AREA FROM EUFALA ALABAMA TO ALBANY AND LEESBURG GEORGIA. IN THIS AREA...ONE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS IN THE VICINITY OF SHELLMAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHERl APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ001>003-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 118 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 115 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVLOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF FAIRMOUNT IN GORDON COUNTY AND NEAR JASPER IN PICKENS COUNTRY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER THE PAULDING-DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE JUST NORTHWEST OF DOUGLASVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO SlTAY ALERT... AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ001>003-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 118 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 115 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVLOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF FAIRMOUNT IN GORDON COUNTY AND NEAR JASPER IN PICKENS COUNTRY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS WAS OVER THE PAULDING-DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE JUST NORTHWEST OF DOUGLASVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT... AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:11 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
GAZ005-008-291915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 211 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 205 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GEORGIA IN QUITMAN COUNTY AND WILL SOON BE INTO STEWART AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED STRONG WINDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR WHEN PASSING THROUGH EUFAULA ALABAMA. PERSONS IN QUITMAN..STEWART AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER AND BE PREPARED FOR THESE STRONG WINDS AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:11 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
GAZ005-008-291915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 211 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 538 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 205 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GEORGIA IN QUITMAN COUNTY AND WILL SOON BE INTO STEWART AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED STRONG WINDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR WHEN PASSING THROUGH EUFAULA ALABAMA. PERSONS IN QUITMAN..STEWART AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER AND BE PREPARED FOR THESE STRONG WINDS AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ001>003-292030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 238 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA. A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DECATUR IN DEKALB COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MCDONOUGH IN HENRY COUNTRY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR ROSWELL... AND IN GWINNETT COUNTY JUST WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Habersham, Hall, White | 58 min |
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.