Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 2:55 PM EDT for Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Houston County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 091855 RRA SVRMCN GAC153-091945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 255PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 2:55 PM... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KATHLEEN MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 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 SHOULD 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, Jun 9, 12:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-091815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1210 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR ROSWELL... OVER EASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF FORSYTH COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING AND MOVING EASTWARD FROM ALABAMA. RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS. KEEP INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-091815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1210 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY NEAR ROSWELL... OVER EASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY AND OVER EXTREME NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF FORSYTH COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING AND MOVING EASTWARD FROM ALABAMA. RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS. KEEP INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LxATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:06 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
GAZAL048-092010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 206 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #365 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 205 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHWEST OF MACON AT THAT TIME. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST.. AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR APPROACHING OR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:09 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZAL048-092010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 206 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #365 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 205 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHWEST OF MACON AT THAT TIME. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST.. AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR APPROACHING OR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAYT INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:51 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
255 PM EDT THU JUN 09 1994
COUNTY...... MONROE FIRS 071
SOURCE...... SHERRIFS OFFICE
TIME........ 225 PM
LOCATION.... I75 SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY.
DAMAGE...... TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.
HAIL........ NONE REPORTED.Local storm report, Jun 9, 2:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
255 PM EDT THU JUN 09 1994
COUNTY...... MONROE FIRS 071
SOURCE...... SHERRIFS OFFICE
TIME........ 225 PM
LOCATION.... I75 SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY.
DAMAGE...... TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
TREES DOWN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.
HAIL........ NONE REPORTED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 9:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 10:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Upson | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.