Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 4:42 PM EDT for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1994, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 112046 RRA SVRMCN GAC315-112130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 442 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WILCOX COUNTY AT 440 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GROWING RAPIDLY AND CENTERED AT THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WILCOX COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHELLE. IT WAS MOVING EAST 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM CONTAINED HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...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 11, 1:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ121-123-125>127-142-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 114 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 AT 112 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF EUFAULA AND NEAR ALBANY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
GAZ121-123-125>127-142-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 114 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 AT 112 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF EUFAULA AND NEAR ALBANY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
GAZ142>147-112135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 331 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #393 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TIFTON AND MOULTRIE IN SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA AND ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. 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 INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ142>147-112135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 331 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #393 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TIFTON AND MOULTRIE IN SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA AND ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. 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 INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 AT 415 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA ACROSS NORTHERN CARROLL AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD BRING LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS TO SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...INCLUDING DOUGLASVILLE...FAIRBURN...AND FAYETTEVILLE. ANOTHER SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS CROSSING THE ALABAMA BORDER NORTHWEST OF ROME. THESE STORMS MAY AFFECT BOTH CHATOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 420 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 AT 415 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA ACROSS NORTHERN CARROLL AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD BRING LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS TO SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...INCLUDING DOUGLASVILLE...FAIRBURN...AND FAYETTEVILLE. ANOTHER SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS CROSSING THE ALABAMA BORDER NORTHWEST OF ROME. THESE STORMS MAY AFFECT BOTH CHATOOGA AND FLOYD COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STA"TION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.