Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1993, 6:52 PM EDT for Brantley County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brantley County, GA
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 6, 3:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
FLZ008-009-062015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 311 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. SEVERAL LIGHTNING INDUCED GRASS FIRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WEST OF I-95 NEAR SR 207 OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR GRANDIN 5 MILES EAST OF THE CLAY COUNTY BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PALATKA SHORTLY AND TOWARDS GAINESVILLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS SO MORE GRASS FIRES CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER THESE DRY CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL SHOULD ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. &
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
FLZ008-009-062015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 311 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. SEVERAL LIGHTNING INDUCED GRASS FIRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WEST OF I-95 NEAR SR 207 OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR GRANDIN 5 MILES EAST OF THE CLAY COUNTY BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PALATKA SHORTLY AND TOWARDS GAINESVILLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS SO MORE GRASS FIRES CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER THESE DRY CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL SHOULD ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. &
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
FLZ007-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 650 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INLAND IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO NORTHEAST OF CROSS CITY. HEAVIEST STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND THROUGH GILCHRIST...SUWANNEE...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE COUNTIES THE NEXT TWO HOURS...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKLEY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD HEAD INDOORS FOR A PLACE OF SAFETY. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND SAFELY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
FLZ007-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 650 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INLAND IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO NORTHEAST OF CROSS CITY. HEAVIEST STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND THROUGH GILCHRIST...SUWANNEE...HAMILTON...LAFAYETTE COUNTIES THE NEXT TWO HOURS...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKLEY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD HEAD INDOORS FOR A PLACE OF SAFETY. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AND SAFELY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Alachua | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Duval | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Columbia, Gilchrist | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Suwannee | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton, Suwannee | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Baker | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Liberty | 55 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.