Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1994, 9:11 PM EDT for Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 1994, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 1994, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Irwin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 030113 SVRMCN GAC155-030145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 911 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...IRWIN COUNTY AT 907 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF OCILLA IN IRWIN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ROADS...LOW LYING AREAS AND STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. 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, Oct 2, 6:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-030015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 613 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT... AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TONIGHT...AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE COVERED BY FLOODWATERS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 6:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-030015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 613 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT... AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING EXISTS THROUGH TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TONIGHT...AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE COVERED BY FLOODWATERS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 640 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT... AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY CAUSING MINOR STREET FLOODING AND EVEN SOME STREET CLOSINGS IN THE ALBANY AREA. EARLIER...SEVERE WEATHER DID OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF GEORGIA THEN MOVED NORTHEAST. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF SOMEWHAT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TONIGHT. ALSO, SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS EVENING SHOULD AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 6:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 640 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT... AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY CAUSING MINOR STREET FLOODING AND EVEN SOME STREET CLOSINGS IN THE ALBANY AREA. EARLIER...SEVERE WEATHER DID OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF GEORGIA THEN MOVED NORTHEAST. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF SOMEWHAT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING TONIGHT. ALSO, SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS EVENING SHOULD AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN FORX FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 7:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>112-128-130-131-030105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 708 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 819 IN EFFECT FOR BEN HILL...IRWIN AND TURNER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TELFAIR COUNTY EXPIRED AT 645 PM ... AT 705 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LARE AREA OF MODERATE AND HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXIST WITHIN THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...BLINDING RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. DRAINAGE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO HANDLE THE WATER RUN OFF WELL. ALTHOUGH UNREPORTED THERE ARE PROBABILY PLACES ON SOME ROADS WHERE WATER STANDS IN POOLS MAKING DRIVING DANGEROUS. LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF PERIODS OF WATER ACCUMULATION DURING THE LONGER EVENTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 7:11 PM EDT, 2 hours before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>112-128-130-131-030105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 708 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 819 IN EFFECT FOR BEN HILL...IRWIN AND TURNER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TELFAIR COUNTY EXPIRED AT 645 PM ... AT 705 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LARE AREA OF MODERATE AND HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXIST WITHIN THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...BLINDING RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. DRAINAGE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO HANDLE THE WATER RUN OFF WELL. ALTHOUGH UNREPORTED THERE ARE PROBABILY PLACES ON SOME ROADS WHERE WATER STANDS IN POOLS MAKING DRIVING DANGEROUS. LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF PERIODS OF WATER ACCUMULATION DURING THE LONGER EVENTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
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.