Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 1994, 2:15 PM EST for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 1994, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 1994, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 936 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1069 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 171915 RRA SVRMCN GAC169-207-159-237-172015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 215 PM EST MON JAN 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JONES COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...JASPER COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 2:15 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FROM JUST WEST OF ROBERTA NE OF GRAY EXTENDING TO LAKE SINCLAIR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 35 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 COVERS8 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, Jan 17, 12:54 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ089-ALZ048-GAZ090-125-078-126-093-091-092-102-104-079-080-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1254 PM EST MON JAN 17 1994 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR LOCATED IN COLUMBUS GA INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSHOWERS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. . . THIS LINE EXTENDS FROM NEAR TUSKEGEE AL. NORTHEAST TO NEAR LANETT AL. AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE IS ABOUT 5 TO 6 MILES WIDE AND IS NESTED IN AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WHICH SHOULD ENTER GEORGIA IN THE NEXT HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. . . LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE NOTED AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH VALLEY AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 12:55 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ089-ALZ048-GAZ090-125-078-126-093-091-092-102-104-079-080-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1254 PM EST MON JAN 17 1994 WEATHER SERVICE RADAR LOCATED IN COLUMBUS GA INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSHOWERS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. . . THIS LINE EXTENDS FROM NEAR TUSKEGEE AL. NORTHEAST TO NEAR LANETT AL. AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE IS ABOUT 5 TO 6 MILES WIDE AND IS NESTED IN AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WHICH SHOULD ENTER GEORGIA IN THE NEXT HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. . . LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE NOTED AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH VALLEY AREA. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WFARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 1:50 PM EST, 25 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071-072-073-081-082-083-084-094-095-096-097-098-105- 107-109-111-112-106-108-110-128-130-131-171650- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 150 PM EST TUE JAN 17 1994 AT 150 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS NE TO JUST EAST OF GRIFFIN AND NE TO ATHENS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER MIDDLE GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN MIDDLE GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 1:50 PM EST, 25 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071-072-073-081-082-083-084-094-095-096-097-098-105- 107-109-111-112-106-108-110-128-130-131-171650- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 150 PM EST TUE JAN 17 1994 AT 150 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON LOCATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM COLUMBUS NE TO JUST EAST OF GRIFFIN AND NE TO ATHENS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER MIDDLE GEORGIA OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN MIDDLE GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 2:03 PM EST, 12 minutes before
GAZ001>028-030>036-041>045-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 205 PM EST MON JAN 17 1994 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS NORTHWARD... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHATSWORTH...JASPER...DAWSONVILLE... AND CLARKSVILLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE AREA FROM ATLANTA AND ATHENS NORTHWARD. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED NORTH OF ATLANTA THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF ICING ON OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...TREES AND POWERLINES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL LOCATIONS. FREEZING RAIN WAS MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE ATHENS AREA. AS A RESULT... ROADS IN ATHENS AND NORTHWARD WERE BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. A COLD FRONT WAS NEAR A LINE FROM NASHVILLE TO NEW ORLEANS AT EARLY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA TONIGHT ENDING PRECIPITA- TION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY INTO THE 20S IN NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. WATER REMAINING ON ROADS WILL FREEZE...LEAVING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 2:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before
GAZ001>028-030>036-041>045-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 205 PM EST MON JAN 17 1994 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS NORTHWARD... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHATSWORTH...JASPER...DAWSONVILLE... AND CLARKSVILLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE AREA FROM ATLANTA AND ATHENS NORTHWARD. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED NORTH OF ATLANTA THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF ICING ON OVERPASSES...BRIDGES...TREES AND POWERLINES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SEVERAL LOCATIONS. FREEZING RAIN WAS MIXED WITH SLEET IN THE ATHENS AREA. AS A RESULT... ROADS IN ATHENS AND NORTHWARD WERE BECOMING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. A COLD FRONT WAS NEAR A LINE FROM NASHVILLE TO NEW ORLEANS AT EARLY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA TONIGHT ENDING PRECIPITA- TION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY INTO THE 20S IN NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. WATER REMAINING ON ROADS WILL FREEZE...LEAVING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Putnam | 60 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.