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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 18, 1994Pickens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1994, 2:07 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1994, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Pickens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 855 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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 181811
SVRATL
GAC227-181900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
207 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...WESTERN PICKENS COUNTY
 
AT 205 PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER PICKENS COUNTY NEAR
JASPER. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke, Richmond46 min
Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam54 min
Jun 18, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield47 min
Jun 18, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb26 min

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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.