Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1994, 2:38 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1994, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Laurens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 051837 RRA SVRMCN GAC175-051945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 238 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAURENS COUNTY WEATHER RADARS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN. HAIL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL APPROACH THE DUBLIN AREA IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF6 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 5, 1:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 7 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, 2:09 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
GAZ104-125>127-129-143>147-052010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 209 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 207 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA..MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM DOTHAN TO MACON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF AMERICUS IN SUMTER COUNTY. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN..OR ARE TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:10 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ104-125>127-129-143>147-052010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 209 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 207 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA..MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM DOTHAN TO MACON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF AMERICUS IN SUMTER COUNTY. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN..OR ARE TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. 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. 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, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Dooly | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 62 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.