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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 1994Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 6:54 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 1994, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 252252 RRA
SVRAGS
GAC303-252330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
654 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATE A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY NORTH OF THE TOWN
OF PRINGLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MZOVE 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 25, 3:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 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, 3 hours 2 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 REPORTED

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
555 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

COUNTY......  WORTH COUNTY
SOURCE......  PUBLIC
TIME........  445 PM EDT...MON JUL 25
LOCATION....  4 MILES NORTH OF POULAN ON S/R 112
TYPE STORM..  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE......  NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN ON S/R 112
INJURIES....  NONE REPORTED

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:55 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
555 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

COUNTY......  WORTH COUNTY
SOURCE......  PUBLIC
TIME........  445 PM EDT...MON JUL 25
LOCATION....  4 MILES NORTH OF POULAN ON S/R 112
TYPE STORM..  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE......  NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN ON S/R 112
INJURIES....  NONE REPORTED

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:25 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

GAZ080-089-090-102-122-123-127-129-142-143-145-ALZ048-260030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
625 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

AT 623 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM MONTGOMERY ALABAMA EXTENDING EASTWARD
TO UNION SPRINGS HURTSBORO AND PHENIX CITY ALABAMA THEN TO COLUMBUS
CUSSETA LUMPKIN AND CUTHBERT GEORGIA.  OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE NEAR EDISON BLAKELY COLQUITT BAINBRIDGE AND SYLVESTER AND TIFTON
GEORGIA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN TAYLOR COUNTY
JUST SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER GEORGIA.  ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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625 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

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AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM MONTGOMERY ALABAMA EXTENDING EASTWARD
TO UNION SPRINGS HURTSBORO AND PHENIX CITY ALABAMA THEN TO COLUMBUS
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GEORGIA.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS IN TAYLOR COUNTY
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THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
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The 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, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston	68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1994 Every 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.