Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings in 1993

Tornado Warning 9, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 15, 1993Haralson County, Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1993, 6:31 PM EDT for Haralson County, Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1993, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1993, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1993-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 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 1993-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 152231
TORATL
GAC143-223-233-152315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
631 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN HARALSON COUNTY...PAULDING COUNTY
   ...EASTERN POLK COUNTY
 
AT 625 PM EDT NATIONAL SERVICE RADAR IN ATLANTA SHOWED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR BUCHANAN IN HARALSON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A 615 PM TALLAPOOSA POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENRT.  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.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga43 min
Apr 15, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson26 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes 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.