Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT for Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edgefield County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 2437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAGS 290100 SVRAGS SCC037-290145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 900 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA ...EDGEFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 857PM EDT IS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF EDGEFIELD. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 28, 7:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>112-290110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 707 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...AS OF 700 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 498 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PUTNAM...BALDWIN...WILKINSON...LAURENS...TREUTLEN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST...EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORM WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AT 700 PM...PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVER$E THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEARBY.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:08 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 810 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ ELBERT SOURCE........ ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 8 PM EDT LOCATION...... NORTH PART OF COUNTY TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES BLOWN DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:10 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 810 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ ELBERT SOURCE........ ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 8 PM EDT LOCATION...... NORTH PART OF COUNTY TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES BLOWN DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 845 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ UNION SOURCE........ UNION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 630 TO 710 PM EDT LOCATION...... WEST AND SOUTH OF BLAIRSVILLE TYPE STORM.... TORNADO HAIL.......... UNKNOWN DAMAGE........ EXTENT UNKNOWN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:45 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 845 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL UNTIL PM TONIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF GEORGIA WAS REPLACE BY THE TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH ENVOLVES A SMALLER AREA OF THE STATE, COVERING MAINLY THE EASTERN SECTION. THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH IS FROM THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS TO DAWSON COUNTY, NORTHWEST OF LAKE LANIER, TO THE SOUTHEAST TO TREUTLEN COUNTY, AND NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTH CARLOINA BORDER. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREA, THEREFORE CONTINUING THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST ENTERING SOUTH CAROLINA. MOST OF THE REMAINING STORM ACTIVITY WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE, BUT LEAVING SOME REMINDERS BEHIND. THE NATIONAL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE STORMS AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD, AND ISSUE OTHER WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AS NEEDED. END/BDG
Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:47 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 845 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ UNION SOURCE........ UNION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... 630 TO 710 PM EDT LOCATION...... WESlT AND SOUTH OF BLAIRSVILLE TYPE STORM.... TORNADO HAIL.......... UNKNOWN DAMAGE........ EXTENT UNKNOWN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McCormick | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barnwell | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barnwell | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield, McCormick | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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.