Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1994, 10:00 PM EST for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 1994, 10:00 PM EST (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1994, 10:49 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 250301 SVRMCN GAC207-250400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1000 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 10 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A NARROW LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF FORSYTH...MOVING 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, Mar 24, 6:11 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ072-073-109-250015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 610 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 605 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON WERE SHOWING STRONG STORMS IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF EASTMAN...NEAR CHAUCEY. OTHER STORMS WERE BETWEEN MACON AND GRAY...AND SOUTHEAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL WAS LIKELY FALLING FROM THE STORM NEAR CHAUCEY.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 8:11 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
GAZ066>070-250215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 811 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994 AT 805 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE ALA BAMA/GEORGIA BORDER NEAR WEST POINT TO SOUTH OF GREENVILLE IN MERIWETHER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS WELL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 9:36 PM EST, 24 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071-072-073-081-082-094-095-250330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 935 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECT UNTIL 3AM FOR MIDDLE GEORGIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 9:32 PM EST WAS SHOWING A BROAD AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO SAVANNAH. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM UPSON AND LAMAR COUNTIES EAST ACROSS MONROE... BIBB... AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL... OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. F
Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:39 PM EST, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 930 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994 COUNTY......HARRIS SOURCE......SHERIFF DEPT TIME........AROUND 800 PM EST LOCATION....NEAR BORDER OF TROUP CO, INTERSECTION OFH RTS 219 AND 18 DAMAGE......TREES DOWN IN ROAD INJURIES....NONE REPORTED DEATHS......NONE REPORTED COSTS.......N/A
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 9:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before
GAZ052>054-056-058-066>070-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 1000 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994 AT 1000 PM EST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO WEST POINT. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. WHILE THEY HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY THEY ARE STILL CAPABLE OF DAMAGE. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ON ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL OTHER MEDIA.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 10:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before
GAZ052>054-056-058-066>070-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA...CORRECTED TO ADD TORNADO WATCH 1000 PM EST THU MAR 24 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TIL 300 EST THAT INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF TROUP...MERIWHETHER...PIKE... LAMAR AND UPSON... AT 1000 PM EST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO WEST POINT. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. WHILE THEY HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY THEY ARE STILL CAPABLE OF DAMAGE. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ON ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 15 min |
| Mar 24, 8:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 9:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 1:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Richmond | 118 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.