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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 10, 1994Wilcox County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1994, 3:48 PM EST for Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1994, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1994, 4:45 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Wilcox County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 102048
SVRMCN
GAC315-102145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
348 PM EST THU NOV 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...WILCOX COUNTY
 
AT 347 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
WILCOX COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF PINEVIEW.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 YO>UR 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, Nov 10, 3:27 PM EST, 21 minutes before
GAZ105-107-108-102230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
327 PM EST THU NOV 10 1994

         ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DOOLY COUNTY...

AT 325 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
DOOLY COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AND HEAVY RAIN.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN PULASKI AND NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 3:30 PM EST, 18 minutes before
GAZ105-107-108-102230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
327 PM EST THU NOV 10 1994

         ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DOOLY COUNTY...

AT 325 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
DOOLY COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
AND HEAVY RAIN.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN PULASKI AND NORTHERN WILCOX COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 4:17 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCWilcox43 min
Nov 10, 4:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp51 min
Nov 10, 4:29 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDodge46 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.