Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1994, 2:12 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1994, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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
- 1158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 KAGS 151819 RRA SVRAGS GAC303-151900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 212 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WASHINGTON COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FIVE MILES EAST OF SANDERSVILLE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. 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 15, 1:47 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
GAZ082-083-094-095-105-151850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 147 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1:43 PM... RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED AT RANDOM ACROSS MIDDLE GEORGIA. THERE WAS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED OVER CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY BETWEEN PERRY AND KATHLEEN. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS UNADILLA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY AND WILL DRIFT DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF MACON DURING THE NEXT HOUR... PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN... ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:49 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ082-083-094-095-105-151850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 147 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1:43 PM... RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED AT RANDOM ACROSS MIDDLE GEORGIA. THERE WAS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED OVER CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY BETWEEN PERRY AND KATHLEEN. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS UNADILLA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY AND WILL DRIFT DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF MACON DURING THE NEXT HOUR... PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN... ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZAL048-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 155 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 AT 152 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HURTSBORO ALABAMA TO NEAR SEALE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF EUFAULA. LITTLE MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RINGO
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:57 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZAL048-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 155 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 AT 152 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HURTSBORO ALABAMA TO NEAR SEALE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF EUFAULA. LITTLE MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-152005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 205 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CANTON IN CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO AROUND DALLAS IN PAULDING COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. AN OFF DUTY AIR FORCE OFFICER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR IN SOUTHEAST PAULDING COUNTY AT AROUND 150 PM EDT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF ONE APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-152005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 205 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CANTON IN CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO AROUND DALLAS IN PAULDING COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. AN OFF DUTY AIR FORCE OFFICER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR IN SOUTHEAST PAULDING COUNTY AT AROUND 150 PM EDT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF ONE APPROACHES.
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.