Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1994, 8:38 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1994, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1994, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 100038 SVRMCN GAC021-153-100130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 838 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 835 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH HOUSTON COUNTY IN WARNER ROBINS AND NEARING MACON AIRPORT. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE WIND DAMAGE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE PLACE THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH AWAY FROM YOU IN ABOUT HALFG AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR UPDATES. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STOR M HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. &
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 9, 7:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
GAZ105-106-128-100010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 707 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1994 AT 705 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING FROM AMERICUS IN SUMTER COUNTY THROUGH THE WEST EDGE OF DOOLY AND CRISP COUNTIES TO NEAR ASHBURN IN TURNER COUNTY THEN TO WEST OF TIFTON IN TIFT COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE INTENSITY WITH LITTLE WARNING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ079-080-091-092-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 710 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1994 AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM JUST EAST OF TALBOTTON TO JUNCTION CITY TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEUNA VISTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE L2ATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
GAZ079-080-091-092-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 710 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1994 AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM JUST EAST OF TALBOTTON TO JUNCTION CITY TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEUNA VISTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
GAZ094-095-105-106-108-130-131-100140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 736 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1994 AT 735 PM RADAR SHOWED A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TAYLOR COUNTY TO MACON COUNTY THROUGH CENTRAL DOOLY COUNTY NEAR VIENNA TO WILCOX COUNTY NEAR ROCHELLE TO FITZGERALD IN BEN HILL COUNTY TO OCILLA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST APPROACHING HOUSTON AND PEACH COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE NEAR SEVERE INTENSITY AND RESULTED FROM VERY MOIST GROUND AND AIR BEING HEATED ALL AFTERNOON. THEY HAVE PRODUCED BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH. STAY ALERT TO THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL FLzOODING OF LOW AREAS IS POSSIBLE WHERE THESE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
GAZ094-095-105-106-108-130-131-100140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 736 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1994 AT 735 PM RADAR SHOWED A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TAYLOR COUNTY TO MACON COUNTY THROUGH CENTRAL DOOLY COUNTY NEAR VIENNA TO WILCOX COUNTY NEAR ROCHELLE TO FITZGERALD IN BEN HILL COUNTY TO OCILLA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST APPROACHING HOUSTON AND PEACH COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE NEAR SEVERE INTENSITY AND RESULTED FROM VERY MOIST GROUND AND AIR BEING HEATED ALL AFTERNOON. THEY HAVE PRODUCED BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH. STAY ALERT TO THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS POSSIBLE WHERE THESE STORMS PASS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:29 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
GAZ072-073-081>084-094>096-100135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 830 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 1994 AT 825 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO HOUSTON COUNTY AND RANGED FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY THROUGH PEACH COUNTY TO HOUSTON COUNTY AND NEAR THE MACON AIRPORT IN BIBB COUNTY ON THROUGH THE BLECKLEY COUNTY CITY OF COCHRAN. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS AND OULD INCREASE TO SEVERE INTENSITY WITH LITTLE WARNING. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Twiggs | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 65 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.