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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 1994Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1994, 3:49 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1994, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1994, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Laurens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1994-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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 1994-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
349 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAURENS COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MIDDLE GEORGIA INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 10 MILES NORTH OF DUBLIN.
 
MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
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.
 
JCP

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, 2:53 PM EDT, 56 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:37 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-242040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
337 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BAKER AND MILLER COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 TO 45 MPH.  SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:38 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-242040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
337 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BAKER AND MILLER COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 TO 45 MPH.  SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:44 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
GAZ010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-035-036-
037-038-047-048-049-050-051-242045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
344 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 340 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR GREENWOOD SOUTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST...TO JUST WEST OF AUGUSTA...SOUTHWEST TO 40 MILES
SOUTH OF MACON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PRESENTLY THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...HOWEVER AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST COULD PRODUCE
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS
HAVE PASSED. ALSO THOSE ON AREA LAKE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND
SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A THUNDERSTORM.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
GAZ034-035-036-037-047-045-046-048-049-059-058-057-056-058-070-
069-071-072-082-081-080-079-091-090-102-120-010-016-017-018-023-
024-026-028-025-027-029-038-051-050-241945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
345 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLATION...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 456 HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH AND WEST OF A ELBERTON..MACON..EUFAULA
ALABAMA LINE.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED INTO EXTREME EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF GEORGIA. THE ACTIVITY IS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH AND
IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ROSS
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
GAZ010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-035-036-
037-038-047-048-049-050-051-242045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
344 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 340 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR GREENWOOD SOUTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST...TO JUST WEST OF AUGUSTA...SOUTHWEST TO 40 MILES
SOUTH OF MACON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PRESENTLY THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...HOWEVER AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST COULD PRODUCE
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS
HAVE PASSED. ALSO THOSE ON AREA LAKE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND
SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A THUNDERSTORM.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Monroe63 min
Jun 24, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar, Upson33 min
Jun 24, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones52 min
Jun 24, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Jasper, Putnam63 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe65 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Morgan65 min
Jun 24, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren38 min
Jun 24, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBurke62 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.