Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 5:37 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 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 12:00Z, 9.6 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 TTAA00 KMCN 252136 RRA SVRMCN GAC021-153-252245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 537 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 535 PM WARNER ROBINS DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF WARNER ROBINS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR AND ON A TRACK THAT WILL PUT IT THROUGH SOUTH BIBB COUNTY AND NORTH HOUSTON COUNTY NEAR 600 PM EDT. 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 STORM 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 25, 3:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ060-105-106-252130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 328 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 AT 320 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST MOVING INTO DOOLY AND CRISP COUNTIES. ALSO ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS NOTED ACROSS PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR EATONTON GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL..GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH..FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.
Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
345 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
COUNTY...... SUMTER COUNTY
SOURCE...... SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME........ 325 PM EDT...MON JUL 25
LOCATION.... PLAINS, GEORGIA
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... NUMEROUS LARGE TREES UPROOTED...POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN...
STREET FLOODING ON HWY 308 TRAPPED CARS
INJURIES.... NONE REPORTEDSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
GAZ079-091>093-104-125>127-144-145-252050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 347 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARION...SCHLEY...MACON... AND SUMTER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF SUMTER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER TALBOT COUNTY. IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER DOUGHERTY AND BAKER COUNTIES. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
GAZ079-091>093-104-125>127-144-145-252050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 347 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARION...SCHLEY...MACON... AND SUMTER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF SUMTER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER TALBOT COUNTY. IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER DOUGHERTY AND BAKER COUNTIES. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN A$N EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
GAZ013-021-022-055-057-252150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 349 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH GEORGIA.... AT 345 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTHEAST OF JONESBORO MOVING INTO NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY TOWARDS COVINGTON. A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BETWEEN JASPER AND DAWSONVILLE. THESE STRONGER STORMS WERE 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 OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
345 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
COUNTY...... SUMTER COUNTY
SOURCE...... SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME........ 325 PM EDT...MON JUL 25
LOCATION.... PLAINS, GEORGIA&
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... NUMEROUS LARGE TREES UPROOTED...POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN...
STREET FLOODING ON HWY 308 TRAPPED CARS
INJURIES.... NONE REPORTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 36 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.