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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 21, 1993DeKalb County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 1993, 9:32 PM EST for DeKalb County, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 1993, 9:32 PM EST (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 1993, 10:30 PM EST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties DeKalb County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1993-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1993-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 478 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
478 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
577 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 220234
TORATL
GAC089-121-135-220330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
932 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...DEKALB COUNTY...NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY...GWINNETT COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNERSTROMS IN COBB COUNTY...MOVING
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN FULTON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. WITH THE
EASTWARD MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO GWINNETT COUNTY. THESE
STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHAST AT ABOUT 55 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 8:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk39 min
Feb 21, 8:34 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Paulding41 min
Feb 21, 9:06 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb54 min
Feb 21, 9:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, White60 min
Feb 21, 9:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStephens60 min
Feb 21, 9:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Barrow, Hall, Jackson57 min
Feb 21, 9:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Walton57 min
Feb 21, 10:01 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCPaulding29 min
Feb 21, 10:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison, Oglethorpe64 min
Feb 21, 11:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette36 min
Feb 21, 11:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton56 min
Feb 21, 11:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln49 min
Feb 21, 11:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes49 min
Feb 21, 11:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry31 min
Feb 21, 11:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper45 min
Feb 21, 11:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan, Newton66 min
Feb 21, 11:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether43 min
Feb 22, 12:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln, Wilkes67 min
Feb 22, 12:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Taliaferro36 min
Feb 22, 1:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jones52 min
Feb 22, 2:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether, Troup42 min
Feb 22, 2:38 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCMeriwether, Pike37 min
Feb 22, 2:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Hancock, Warren52 min
Feb 22, 3:07 AM ESTTornado WarningFFCLamar, Meriwether, Pike, Upson53 min
Feb 22, 3:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe25 min
Feb 22, 4:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb40 min

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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.