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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 18, 1994Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1994, 2:36 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1994, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 
WUUS1 KMCN 181838 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC237-181930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
236 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 235 PM RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING
SEVERE INTENSITY LYING ACROSS THE CENTER OF PUTNAM COUNTY FROM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EATONTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EATONTON. JUST EDEVELOPED
AND MOVEMENT NOT YET INDICATED. THESE STORMS ARE GROWING RAPIDLY AND
WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE INTENSITY IN A VERY FEW MINUTES. THEY CONTAIN HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIKELY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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 18, 2:19 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-182020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
219 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING  OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 215 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHWEST GIERGIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS IN PICKENS COUNTY
NEAR JASPER AND NEAR CALHOUN IN GORDON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH GEORGIA CONTINUES TO BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE.
THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS SUCH THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:19 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-182020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
219 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING  OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 215 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
NORTHWEST GIERGIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS IN PICKENS COUNTY
NEAR JASPER AND NEAR CALHOUN IN GORDON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTH GEORGIA CONTINUES TO BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE.
THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS SUCH THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.

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, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPickens53 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.