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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 17, 1994Jasper County, Jones County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 1994, 2:15 PM EST for Jasper County, Jones County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 1994, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 1994, 3:15 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 1994-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 936 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
936 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1069 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 KMCN 171915 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC169-207-159-237-172015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
215 PM EST MON JAN 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JONES COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...JASPER COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 2:15 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. FROM JUST WEST OF ROBERTA NE OF GRAY EXTENDING TO LAKE
SINCLAIR.
 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 35 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 COVERS8 THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe60 min

Nearby

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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.