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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 28, 1994Aiken County, South Carolina

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 9:17 PM EDT for Aiken County, South Carolina. 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 Aiken County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

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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

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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

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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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	McCormick	49 min
Jun 28, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Edgefield	45 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

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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.