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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 28, 1994Columbia County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 9:17 PM EDT for Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1994, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1994, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Columbia County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2437 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
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

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The text

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

000 
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GAC073-SCC003-290215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
917 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...AIKEN COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 915 PM EDT IS INDICATING A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO AIKEN COUNTY SOUTH CARLOINA AND
COLUMBIA COUNTY GEORGIA. THESE STORMS PRODUCED TREE DAMAGE AND HAIL IN
LINCOLNTON GEORGIA AND MCCORMICK SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT IS TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, 9:04 PM EDT, 13 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 WEATH>ER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE STORMS AS THEY
PROGRESS EASTWARD, AND ISSUE OTHER WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AS NEEDED.

END/BDG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:13 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
GAZ060-098-290315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
913 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM AND TREUTLEN
   COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING SEVERE
WEATHER FROM ATHENS EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA.  THIS WEATHER WAS MOVING
EAST...AWAY FROM MIDDLE GEORGIA.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED OVER PUTNAM OR TREUTLEN COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA MUST REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER
CONDITIONS UNTIL THE WATCH EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:14 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
GAZ060-098-290315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
913 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM AND TREUTLEN
   COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING SEVERE
WEATHER FROM ATHENS EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA.  THIS WEATHER WAS MOVING
EAST...AWAY FROM MIDDLE GEORGIA.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED OVER PUTNAM OR TREUTLEN COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA MUST REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER
CONDITIONS UNTIL THE WATCH EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:15 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
915 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994

COUNTY........ HABERSHAM

SOURCE........ CORNELIA P.D.

TIME.......... APPROX 745 PM EDT

LOCATION...... WEST AND SOUTH OF CORNELIA (OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS)

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... UNKNOWN

DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 minute before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029-
035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-290215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
916 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE...
OCONEE...AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL
930 PM EDT THIS TUEDAY EVENING.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELBERT JACKSON AND MADION
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR
ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 9 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE
ATHENS VICINITY TO NEAR THURMOND LAKE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

KEEP TUNED TO THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
915 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994

COUNTY........ HABERSHAM

SOURCE........ CORNELIA P.D.

TIME.......... APPROX 745 PM EDT

LOCATION...... WEST AND SOUTH OF CORNELIA (OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS)

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... UNKNOWN

DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN

INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson, Madison68 min
Jun 28, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe66 min
Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln, Wilkes65 min
Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oglethorpe65 min
Jun 28, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOconee44 min
Jun 28, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCRichmond56 min
Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe60 min
Jun 28, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe, Taliaferro64 min
Jun 29, 9:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd53 min
Jun 29, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGordon52 min
Jun 29, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb48 min
Jun 29, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee30 min
Jun 29, 10:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk66 min
Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett65 min
Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb65 min
Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall29 min
Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Walton67 min
Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClarke, Oconee57 min
Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan57 min
Jun 29, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe60 min
Jun 29, 11:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper54 min
Jun 29, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Heard55 min
Jun 29, 12:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkes61 min
Jun 29, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones44 min
Jun 29, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin45 min
Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCColumbia63 min
Jun 29, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb48 min
Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHeard, Troup58 min
Jun 29, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether41 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.