Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 3:04 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meriwether County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 TTAA00 KATL 291906 SVRATL GAC199-291945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 304 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MERIWETHER COUNTY AT 302 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE TROUP...MERIWETHER COUNTY BORDER. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN GRENNVILLE AND WARM SPRINGS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER AS THESE STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. 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 COVERS THE ROAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WZEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND WARNINGS ON THIS SITUATION.
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
Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 13 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
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
GAZ121-122-124-126-292005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 200 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 511 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF LEE...CLAY...RANDOLPH... TERRELL...AND QUITMAN. 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, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
GAZ121-122-124-126-292005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 200 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 511 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF LEE...CLAY...RANDOLPH... TERRELL...AND QUITMAN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TDO 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, 2:30 PM EDT, 34 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 230 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 230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWERS SOME THUNDERSTORMS SOME RATHER INTENSE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JUST NORTH OF AUGUSTA TO NEAR MACON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WEST GEORGIA ALONG AND NEAR THE BORDER WITH ALABAMA BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND CARROLLTON. STILL OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND EAST OF SPARTANBURG. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA RAIN WAS SCATTERED. MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:38 PM EDT, 26 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 230 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 230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWERS SOME THUNDERSTORMS SOME RATHER INTENSE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JUST NORTH OF AUGUSTA TO NEAR MACON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WEST GEORGIA ALONG AND NEAR THE BORDER WITH ALABAMA BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND CARROLLTON. STILL OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR AND EAST OF SPARTANBURG. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA RAIN WAS SCATTERED. MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 58 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.