Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1994, 6:39 PM EDT for Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1994, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1994, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Turner County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 042238 RRA SVRMCN GAC287-042345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 639 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TURNER COUNTY AT 635 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF ASHBURN. THE STORM IS DRIFTING WEST AT 5 MPH. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 4, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 452 PM EDT THU AUG 04 1994 ATHENS RADAR AT 448 PM EDT SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAINLY IN WHITE...HABERSHAM... RABUN COUNTIES AND NEAR LAKE LANIER IN SOUTHWEST HALL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER OTHER PARTS OF GEORGIA...EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF DUBLIN AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATESBORO GEORGIA AND NEAR ATHENS TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. >_HCENT. .FRIDAY...PARTLYgf6WWUS | WUUS b6`WWUSZ .FRIDAY NIGHT.x 6WWUS| THE MID 60S. py6WWUS& WITH A HIGH IN UPPER 80S. OKZ071-072-0qf6WWUS QUOYAH-HASKELL-0 PM CDT THU AUG1994 .TONIGo6WWUSR SCATTERED SHOWERD THUNDERSTORMS.OW IN THE UPPER SOUTH WIND ARO10 MPH...SHI THE
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 452 PM EDT THU AUG 04 1994 ATHENS RADAR AT 448 PM EDT SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA MAINLY IN WHITE...HABERSHAM... RABUN COUNTIES AND NEAR LAKE LANIER IN SOUTHWEST HALL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER OTHER PARTS OF GEORGIA...EASTERN TENNESSEE AND THE WES$TERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF DUBLIN AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATESBORO GEORGIA AND NEAR ATHENS TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:20 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
GAZ129-145-042325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 620 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TIFT COUNTY A FEW MILES NORTH OF TIFTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE OVER THE PAST HOUR. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS. REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ALONG I-75. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MITCHELL COUNTY BETWEEN PELHAM AND CAMILLA. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:22 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZ129-145-042325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 620 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TIFT COUNTY A FEW MILES NORTH OF TIFTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE OVER THE PAST HOUR. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS. REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ALONG I-75. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MITCHELL COUNTY BETWEEN PELHAM AND CAMILLA. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Irwin | 59 min |
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.