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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 1994Troup County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 9:16 PM EDT for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 1994, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Troup County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 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 KATL 100114
SVRATL
GAC285-100200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
916 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TROUP COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF
ROANOKE ALABAMA MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD TROUP COUNTY GEORGIA.
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN ALABAMA DURING THE PAST
COUPLE OF HOURS.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HA2IL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 8:28 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

GAZ131-100130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
828 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372 THAT INCLUDED IRWIN COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:29 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

GAZ131-100130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
828 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 372 THAT INCLUDED IRWIN COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:37 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

GAZ131-100140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT         ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
837 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994

...IRWIN COUNTY IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 372...HOWEVER THE WATCH STILL REMAINS VALID FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:38 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

GAZ131-100140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT         ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
837 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994

...IRWIN COUNTY IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 372...HOWEVER THE WATCH STILL REMAINS VALID FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:02 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA.
902 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILLER AND SOUTHERN BAKER COUNTIES.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:03 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

GAZ120>127-129-142>147-100305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA.
902 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILLER AND SOUTHERN BAKER COUNTIES.  THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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.