Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1994, 8:08 PM EDT for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1994, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 060007 RRA SVRMCN GAC021-060100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 808 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY AT 805 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO BIBB COUNTY TOWARDS MACON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WAS INCREASING IN STRENTH. PERSONS IN THE MACON METROPOITAN AREA ARE ADVISED TO TAKE COVER WHEN THIS STORM COMES NEAR. 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, 7:17 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
GAZ071-081-082-094-060020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 718 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 693 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 712 PM EDT MACON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SCATTERED LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF FORSYTH TO JUST SOUTH OF THOMASTON AND NORTH OF TALBOTTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MONROE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO B@E OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:18 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
GAZ071-081-082-094-060020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 718 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 693 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 712 PM EDT MACON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SCATTERED LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF FORSYTH TO JUST SOUTH OF THOMASTON AND NORTH OF TALBOTTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO MONROE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:50 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 750 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 1994 COUNTY...... WORTH COUNTY...GEORGIA SOURCE...... SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TIME........ 415 PM EDT...FRI AUG 5 LOCATION.... HWY 112 NEAR SYLVESTER TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE...... LARGE TREE FELL ACROSS ROAD INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED DEATHS...... NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:52 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 750 PM EDT FRI AUG 05 1994 COUNTY...... WORTH COUNTY...GEORGIA SOURCE...... SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TIME........ 415 PM EDT...FRI AUG 5 LOCATION.... HWY 112 NEAR SYLVESTER TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE...... LARGE TREE FELL ACROSS ROAD INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED DEATHS...... NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:54 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ071-081>083-095-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 755 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SERVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 750 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN FORSYTH AND ROBERTA ON THE MONROE..CRAWFORD AND BIBB COUNTIES LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR ANOTHER STORM WAS JUST 5 MILES WEST OF ROBERTA. THIS STORM MOVING INTO BIBB COUNTY COULD HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THE MACON METROPOLITAN AREA ARE ADVISED THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING NEAR THE CITY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ071-081>083-095-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 755 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SERVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 750 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN FORSYTH AND ROBERTA ON THE MONROE..CRAWFORD AND BIBB COUNTIES LINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR ANOTHER STORM WAS JUST 5 MILES WEST OF ROBERTA. THIS STORM MOVING INTO BIBB COUNTY COULD HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND VERY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THE MACON METROPOLITAN AREA ARE ADVISED THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING NEAR THE CITY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 47 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.