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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 1994Pike County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1994, 11:04 PM EDT for Pike County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 1994, 11:04 PM EDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1994, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Pike County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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GAC231-050345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1104 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 11:00 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN CONCORD AND ZEBULON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER NOW!
 
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.
 
ZALESKI

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, Jul 4, 9:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-050345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
943 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 940 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME
EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS OVER WEST GEORGIA NORTH OF A DOTHAN ALABAMA TO
MACON LINE.  THIS SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH.

PEOPLE WHO RESIDE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE WEATHER THROUGH THE NIGHT AS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO
THREATEN THE REGION.

RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING
TONIGHT...AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE
COVERED BY FLOODWATERS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 9:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-050345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
943 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 940 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME
EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS OVER WEST GEORGIA NORTH OF A DOTHAN ALABAMA TO
MACON LINE.  THIS SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH.

PEOPLE WHO RESIDE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE WEATHER THROUGH THE NIGHT AS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO
THREATEN THE REGION.

RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING
TONIGHT...AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE
COVERED BY FLOODWATERS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

STAY TUNED TO NOA2A WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:28 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1030 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994

COUNTY......  WORTH...GEORGIA
SOURCE......  WORTH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TIME........  AROUND 720 PM EDT 04JUL94
LOCATION....  SOUTHWEST PORTION OF COUNTY
TYPE STORM..  TORNADO
DAMAGE......  TRAILER MOVED OFF ITS BASE AND TREES DOWN
INJURIES....  NONE REPORTED
DEATHS......  NONE REPORTED
COSTS.......  NOT AVAILABLE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:30 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
1030 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1994

COUNTY......  WORTH...GEORGIA
SOURCE......  WORTH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TIME........  AROUND 720 PM EDT 04JUL94
LOCATION....  SOUTHWEST PORTION OF COUNTY
TYPE STORM..  TORNADO
DAMAGE......  TRAILER MOVED OFF ITS BASE AND TREES DOWN
INJURIES....  NONE REPORTED
DEATHS......  NONE REPORTED
COSTS.......  NOT AVAILABLE

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:45 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1045 PM EDT MON JUL 04 1994

COUNTY......  PIKE
SOURCE......  PIKE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARMENT
TIME........  9:25 TO 9:30 PM EDT
LOCATION....  ZEBULON
TYPE STORM..  THUNDERSTORM
WEATHER.....  HIGH WIND
DAMAGE......  TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED
INJURIES....  UNKNOWN
DEATHS......  UNKNOWN

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:47 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1045 PM EDT MON JUL 04 1994

COUNTY......  PIKE
SOURCE......  PIKE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARMENT
TIME........  9:25 TO 9:30 PM EDT
LOCATION....  ZEBULON
TYPE STORM..  THUNDERSTORM
WEATHER.....  HIGH WIND
DAMAGE......  TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED
INJURIES....  UNKNOWN
DEATHS......  UNKNOWN

ZALESKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 2:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike, Upson	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Spalding	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Lamar	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Henry	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Crawford, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 5, 4:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Peach	3 hr
Jul 5, 4:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Bibb, Jasper, Jones	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Spalding	3 hr
Jul 5, 7:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	FFC	Crawford, Monroe	3 hr

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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.