Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 1994, 7:41 PM EST for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 1994, 7:41 PM EST (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 1994, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 103 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 KMCN 040040 RRA SVRMCN GAC207-040130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 741 PM EST MON JAN 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 740 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MONROE COUNTY SOUTH OF FORSYTH. MOVMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS S0HOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Jan 3, 4:44 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
GAZ089-090-093-091-122-102-104-080-124-103-031145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 443 AM EST MON JAN 3 1994 ...A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERTORMS APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 438 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS 50 MILES WIDE IN EASTERN ALABAMA EXTENDING FROM TALLADEGA AND WADLEY ALABAMA TO CLIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED 7 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF HURTSBORO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORIGA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK QUICK SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 3, 4:49 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
GAZ089-090-093-091-122-102-104-080-124-103-031145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 443 PM EST MON JAN 3 1994 ...A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERTORMS APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 438 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS 50 MILES WIDE IN EASTERN ALABAMA EXTENDING FROM TALLADEGA AND WADLEY ALABAMA TO CLIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED 7 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF HURTSBORO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORIGA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK QUICK SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 3, 6:17 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ091-092-079-080-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 617 PM EST MON JAN 3 1994 ....STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH COLUMBUS... AT 609 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS AS WIDE AS FROM DADEVILLE ALABAMA TO JUNCTION CITY GEORGIA AND AS LONG AS FROM TALLAPOOSA TO CUSSETA GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE TO NEAR WARM SPRINGS..10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALBOTTON SCATTERED TO NORTH OF BUENA VISTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT CAME ACROSS COLUMBUS DUMPED A HALF INCH OF RAIN WITH A WIND GUST OF 48 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE CITY. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALSO OCCURRED. PERSONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE READY FOR THIS WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THEY COME NEAR. LISTEN TO NOA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, Jan 3, 6:18 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
GAZ091-092-079-080-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 617 PM EST MON JAN 3 1994 ....STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH COLUMBUS... AT 609 PM EST COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS AS WIDE AS FROM DADEVILLE ALABAMA TO JUNCTION CITY GEORGIA AND AS LONG AS FROM TALLAPOOSA TO CUSSETA GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE TO NEAR WARM SPRINGS..10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALBOTTON SCATTERED TO NORTH OF BUENA VISTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT CAME ACROSS COLUMBUS DUMPED A HALF INCH OF RAIN WITH A WIND GUST OF 48 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE CITY. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALSO OCCURRED. PERSONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE READY FOR THIS WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER WHEN THEY COME NEAR. LISTEN TO NOA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, Jan 3, 6:42 PM EST, 59 minutes before
GAZ071-081-082-040145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 642 PM EST MON JAN 3 1994 AT 640 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF TALBOTTON IN TALBOT COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO NEAR REYNOLDS IN EAST TAYLOR COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAWFORD..MONROE..AND BIBB COUNTIES WITH IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. HEAVY RAINFALL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS OUT OF THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 3, 6:43 PM EST, 58 minutes before
GAZ071-081-082-040145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 642 PM EST MON JAN 3 1994 AT 640 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF TALBOTTON IN TALBOT COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO NEAR REYNOLDS IN EAST TAYLOR COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAWFORD..MONROE..AND BIBB COUNTIES WITH IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. HEAVY RAINFALL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHpOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THEY PASS OUT OF THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.