Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1994, 2:52 PM EDT for Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1994, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAGS 241851 RRA SVRAGS GAC301-241930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 252 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WARREN COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 2:40 PM EDT SHOWS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH HANCOCK COUNTY AND INTO WARREN COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVED THROUGH AREAS WEST OF WARREN COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN 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 24, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-ALZ048-241940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 139 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8OO PM EDT... AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CUSSETA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 zMPH. 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 24, 1:56 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-242000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 156 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 456 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY AND NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 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 24, 1:56 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-242000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 156 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 456 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY AND NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 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. ERY 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. &
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:42 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-ALZ048-242045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 242 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW AREAS OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF MACON AND SUMTER COUNTIES. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:43 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-ALZ048-242045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 242 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW AREAS OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN OVER MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF MACON AND SUMTER COUNTIES. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:45 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ033-034-041-044-045-046-052-053-054-055-056-057-058-066-067 -068-069-070-241945 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 245 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT INCLUDING THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITIAN AREA... AT 240 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF ATHENS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MACON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF LAKE LANIER EXTENTING WESTWARD TO THE SOUTH OF ROME GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. ROSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Putnam | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 62 min |
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.