Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1994, 9:17 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 23 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 1994, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 1994, 9:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crisp County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 260117 RRA SVRMCN GAC081-260200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 917 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY AT 917 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF CORDELE. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 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.
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, Sep 25, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
GAZ125-127-145-146-260150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 745 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994 AT 741 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ALBANY AND SYLVESTER AND JUST EAST OF NEWTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
GAZ125-127-145-146-260150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 745 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994 AT 741 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ALBANY AND SYLVESTER AND JUST EAST OF NEWTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ106-128-260255-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LOCATION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
854 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING TURNER COUNTY...
AT 853 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE
FLINT RIVER JUST NORTHEAST OF DOLES IN WORTH COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH...AND
HEAVY 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, Sep 25, 8:54 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ106-128-260255-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
854 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING TURNER COUNTY...
AT 853 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE
FLINT RIVER JUST WEST OF LAKE BLACKSHEAR. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH...AND
HEAVY RAIN.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHEvLTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:56 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ106-128-260255-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LOCATION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
854 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING TURNER COUNTY...
AT 853 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE
FLINT RIVER JUST NORTHEAST OF DOLES IN WORTH COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND TO 40 MPH...AND
HEAVY RAIN.
IF YO|U 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.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.