Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1994, 1:43 PM EDT for Crisp County, Dooly County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1994, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1994, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crisp County, GA, Dooly County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 051742 RRA SVRMCN GAC081-093-051845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 143 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY...DOOLY COUNTY AT 143 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES NORTH OF CORDELE. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS CLOSE TO CORDELE OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES. 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, Aug 5, 1:12 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>112-128-130-131-051815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 112 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 109 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF KATHLEEN AND OVER DOOLY COUNTY JUST NORTH OF VIENNA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS IN THE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. 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. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:30 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ104-123>126-142>144-051935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 130 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR THE SUMTER COUNTY AND CRISP COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF AMERICUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:31 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ104-123>126-142>144-051935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 130 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR THE SUMTER COUNTY AND CRISP COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF AMERICUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 62 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.