Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1994, 4:24 PM EST for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 10, 1994, 4:24 PM EST (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1994, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crisp County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 102124 RRA SVRMCN GAC081-102215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 424 PM EST THU NOV 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY ...AT 422 PM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ARABI...12 MILES SOUTH OF CORDELE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 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, Nov 10, 3:27 PM EST, 57 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, 54 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, 4:11 PM EST, 13 minutes before
GAZ066-102215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 411 PM EST THU NOV 10 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN TROUP COUNTY... AT 405 PM EST...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE GEORGIA/ ALABAMA LINE IN SOUTHWEST TROUP COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AND HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN TROUP COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN TROUP COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WARNINGS...WATCHES AND STATEMENTS. ZALESKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 57 min |
| Nov 10, 4:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 4:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge | 46 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.