Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1994, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Heard County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 031932 RRA SVRATL GAC149-032015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 330 PM EDT WED AUG 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...HEARD COUNTY AT 3:28 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER HEARD COUNTY SOUTH OF FRANKLIN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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, Aug 3, 11:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
GAZ071-031655- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1154 AM EDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGH FALLS IN MONROE COUNTY... AT 1150 AM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGH FALLS STATE PARK IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS AND THOSE OUTSIDE IN THE AREA SHOULD MOVE INDOORS NOW ! IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. t5~vjxfxf 5 I`WWUS P?6WWUSj 8 TWTPNR ^6WWUSp l6WWUSz l+ 6WWUS V6WWUS 0XWSUS 7q4WSUS4* FXUSR* #6WWUSt \FPHWB FCUK $FPUSZ `WWUS D<~WTPN: ,wN*WTPA <WSPA86 T'N*WTPA$ |3U^WSUS `+'WSPAf FPUS6 DAkYFPUSP.~> DDoFCUK Qc WWJP FTCA }` WWUSd FPUS q6WWUS 4BzvR"WEPAZ [I6WWUS FQUS< pFPHW `FPCN xFQUS uMn6WWUS` VQ6WWUS @EN*WTPA ly6WWUSh tFQUSXFPUS S6WWUS tFPUS _M WUUS6 ,c_WWUSB*
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ059-060-031740-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1236 PM EDT WED AUG 3 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO JASPER COUNTY...
AT 1233 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE
OCMULGEE RIVER INTO JASPER COUNTY. THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS NEAR THE
HIGHWAY 16 BRIDGE ACROSS THE OCMULGEE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADL
Y
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
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.Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ059-060-031740-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1236 PM EDT WED AUG 3 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO JASPER COUNTY...
AT 1233 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE
OCMULGEE RIVER INTO JASPER COUNTY. THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS NEAR THE
HIGHWAY 16 BRIDGE ACROSS THE OCMULGEE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
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.Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:42 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
GAZ079-080-091>093-032045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 242 PM EDT WED AUG 3 1994 AT 1438 EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SCATTERED AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER TALBOTTON IN TALBOT COUNTY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:00 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 300 PM EDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 2:55 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOST OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM LAGRANGE EAST TO NEAR BARNESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED ONE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES AS THEY MOVED THROUGH EASTERN ALABAMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 300 PM EDT WED AUG 3 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 2:55 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOST OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM LAGRANGE EAST TO NEAR BARNESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED ONE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES AS THEY MOVED THROUGH EASTERN ALABAMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. ZALESKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 57 min |
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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.