Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 1:57 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 291757 RRA SVRMCN GAC021-291845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 157 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY ...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MACON MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 29, 1:33 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-291335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 130 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 6 PM EDT. THE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNDER THIS WATCH ARE CLARKE...OCONEE... OGLETHORPE...GREENE...WALTON...TALIAFERRO...NEWTON...AND MORGAN. AT 130 PM EDT RADAR SHOWERS A BAND OF THUNDERSTORM SOME INTENSE EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM THURMOND LAKE TO MILLEDGEVILLE TO NORTH OF MACON TO NEAR LAGRANGE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:34 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-122-291935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 133 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 511 IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND RUSSELL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER IN COLUMBUS INDICATED SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM OPELIKA AL NORTHEASTWARD TO MANCHESTER SOUTHEASTWARD TO JUNCTION CITY. THE HEAVIEST ACITIVITY WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION CITY. MOVMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:49 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-291850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 149 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #511 FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT...WHICH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #508... AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA EAST TO NEAR LAGRANGE AND CONTINUED EAST TO NEAR MACON IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...APPROACHING THE GEORGIA BORDER WEST OF LAGRANGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND HAIL AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. ALSO...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR CHATTOOGA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES ARE POSSIBLE... SO BE ALERT AND DO NOT DRIVE ONTO FLOODED ROADWAYS!. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:49 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-291850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 149 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #511 FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT...WHICH REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #508... AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA EAST TO NEAR LAGRANGE AND CONTINUED EAST TO NEAR MACON IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...APPROACHING THE GEORGIA BORDER WEST OF LAGRANGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND HAIL AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. ALSO...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR CHATTOOGA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES ARE POSSIBLE... SO BE ALERT AND DO NOT DRIVE ONTO FLOODED ROADWAYS!. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:50 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 150 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... JASPER FIRS 159 SOURCE..... SHERIFF TIME....... 1215-1220 EDT LOCATION... CITY OF MONTICELLO GEORGIA TYPE STORM. THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... THREE QUARTER INCH DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:51 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON, GA 150 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ONLY...REPORTS MAY BE INCOMPLETE... COUNTY..... JASPER FIRS 159 SOURCE..... SHERIFF TIME....... 1215-1220 EDT LOCATION... CITY OF MONTICELLO GEORGIA TYPE STORM. THUNDERSTORM HAIL....... THREE QUARTER INCH DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 9:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.