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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 1, 1994Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1994, 1:56 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1994, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1994, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 708 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, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 011756
SVRAGS
GAC303-011845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
156 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 150 PM EDT WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN OF DEEPSTEP. THIS
STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 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, May 1, 1:12 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ071>073-082-011815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
112 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN MIDDLE GEORGIA...

AT 1:10 PM... RADAR AT MACON WAS SHOWING A SHORT BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS... SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... FROM WESTERN
BIBB COOUNTY ACROSS JONES AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING JUST WEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE IN
BALDWIN COUNTY... NEAR GRAY IN JONES COUNTY... AND NEAR LIZELLA IN BIBB
COUNTY.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CAUSE STRONG WINDS... AND
WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 1, 1:12 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ071>073-082-011815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
112 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN MIDDLE GEORGIA...

AT 1:10 PM... RADAR AT MACON WAS SHOWING A SHORT BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS... SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... FROM WESTERN
BIBB COOUNTY ACROSS JONES AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING JUST WEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE IN
BALDWIN COUNTY... NEAR GRAY IN JONES COUNTY... AND NEAR LIZELLA IN BIBB
COUNTY.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CAUSE STRONG WINDS... AND
WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

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.