Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1994, 8:21 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Pulaski County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1994, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1994, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bleckley County, GA, Pulaski County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 120022 RRA SVRMCN GAC023-235-120130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 821 PM EDT MON JUL 11 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 ...BLECKLEY COUNTY...PULASKI COUNTY AT 820 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR 17 MILES SOUTH OF HAWKINSVILLE ON THE PULASKI/WILCOX COUNTY LINE. IT CONTAINED HAIL AND COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR HAWKINSVILLE BY 915 PM AND NEAR COCHRAN BY 930 PM. 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.
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 11, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
GAC023-024-025-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 702 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS VERY STRONG THUNDER- STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH HALL...JACKSON AND BANKS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THESE COUNTIES YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
GAC023-024-025-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 702 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS VERY STRONG THUNDER- STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH HALL...JACKSON AND BANKS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THESE COUNTIES YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:39 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ097-098-107-109>112-120040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 739 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 AT 735 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL HAD DEVELOPED AND MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE BEGAN AT VIDALIA IN TOOMBS COUNTY RAN WESTWAARD TO EASTMAN IN DODGE COUNTY THEN SOUTHWEST TO THE DOOY COUNTY/WILCOX COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE LINE WAS IN NORTHWEST WILCOX COUNTY TWENTY MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE. IT ALONG WITH THE OTHER STORMS IN THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTH 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SEEM TO BE THE TYPE THAT DEVELOP QUICKLY RAIN HARD FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR THEN DISSIPATE BUT PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR BEFORE THEY ARE GONE. RADAR WILL BE MONITORED WHILE THE STORMS ARE IN THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR PROGRESS REPORTS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:39 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ097-098-107-109>112-120040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 739 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 AT 735 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL HAD DEVELOPED AND MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE BEGAN AT VIDALIA IN TOOMBS COUNTY RAN WESTWAARD TO EASTMAN IN DODGE COUNTY THEN SOUTHWEST TO THE DOOY COUNTY/WILCOX COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE LINE WAS IN NORTHWEST WILCOX COUNTY TWENTY MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE. IT ALONG WITH THE OTHER STORMS IN THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTH 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SEEM TO BE THE TYPE THAT DEVELOP QUICKLY RAIN HARD FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR THEN DISSIPATE BUT PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR BEFORE THEY ARE GONE. RADAR WILL BE MONITORED WHILE THE STORMS ARE IN THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO OR TV FOR PROGRESS REPORTS ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 8:02 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ042>044-047>049-054-055-057-120205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 802 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA TO SOUTH OF ATLANTA... AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM CARROLLTON GEORGIA TO WEST AND SOUTH OF ATLANTA TO COVINGTON AND MADISON. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY., STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 8:02 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ042>044-047>049-054-055-057-120205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 802 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA TO SOUTH OF ATLANTA... AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM CARROLLTON GEORGIA TO WEST AND SOUTH OF ATLANTA TO COVINGTON AND MADISON. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Nearby
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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.