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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 23, 1993Hart County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 1993, 6:42 PM EST for Hart County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1993, 6:42 PM EST (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1993, 7:15 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Hart County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 1993-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 1993-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 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 
TTAA00 KAHN 232343
TORAHN
GAC147-240015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
642 PM EST TUE MAR 23 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN HART COUNTY
 
REPORTS FROM HART COUNTY POLICE AND SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OF A FUNNEL
CLOUD TOUCHING THE GROUND AND ATHENS RADAR INDICATES POSSIBLE
TORNADO WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THIS TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 12:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningFFCCatoosa3 hr

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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.