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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 15, 1994Laurens County, Treutlen County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 8:20 PM EDT for Laurens County, Treutlen County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 1994, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1994, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Laurens County, GA, Treutlen County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMCN 160022 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC175-283-160115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
820 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAURENS COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...TREUTLEN COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM EDT RADAR SAW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY
ON THE BORDER WITH WHEELER COUNTY AND 10 MILES NORTH OF HELENA IN
TELFAIR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS
INTENSIFYING. IT WILL BE IN TREUTLEN COUNTY WEST OF SOPERTON IN ONE HOUR
BY 920 PM EDT. THIS STORM CONTAINS HAIL.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, May 15, 7:54 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
754 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

COUNTY......  WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......  SHERIFFS OFFICE AND SYLVESTER POLICE
TIME........  APPROXIMATELY 720 PM EDT
DAMAGE......  NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN COUNTY.
              LARGE TREE FELL ON HOUSE NEAR SYLVESTER.
INJURIES....  NONE REPORTED
DEATHS......  NONE
COSTS.......  NOT AVAILABLE

Local storm report, May 15, 7:59 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
754 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

COUNTY......  WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......  SHERIFFS OFFICE AND SYLVESTER POLICE
TIME........  APPROXIMATELY 720 PM EDT
DAMAGE......  NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN COUNTY.
INJURIES....  NONE REPORTED
DEATHS......  NONE
COSTS.......  NOT AVAILABLE

Special weather statement, May 15, 8:05 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-160400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
805 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
   HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER A WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
   STEPHENS...JACKSON...FRANKLIN...MADISON...HART...
   ELBERT...BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...WALTON...NEWTON
   MORGAN...GREENE...AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THIS EVENING. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER
QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

Local storm report, May 15, 8:08 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
808 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

COUNTY......  TIFT COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......  SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME........  APPROXIMATELY 700 PM EDT
DAMAGE......  TWO TRAILERS HEAVILY DAMAGED...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
LOCATION....  NORTH OF TIFTON IN THE TOWN OF CHULA
INJURIES....  MINOR INJURIES DUE TO GLASS
DEATHS......  NONE
COSTS.......  NOT AVAILABLE

Special weather statement, May 15, 8:13 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-160400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
805 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
   HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER A WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
   STEPHENS...JACKSON...FRANKLIN...MADISON...HART...
   ELBERT...BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...WALTON...NEWTON
   MORGAN...GREENE...AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA THIS EVENING. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER
QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

Local storm report, May 15, 8:13 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
808 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

COUNTY......  TIFT COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE......  SHERIFFS OFFICE
TIME........  APPROXIMATELY 700 PM EDT
DAMAGE......  TWO TRAILERS HEAVILY DAMAGED...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
LOCATION....  NORTH OF TIFTON IN THE TOWN OF CHULA
INJURIES....  MINOR INJURIES DUE TO GLASS
DEATHS......  NONE
COSTS.......  NOT AVAILABLE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar, Pike, Spalding	40 min
May 15, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether, Pike	43 min
May 15, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Troup	43 min
May 15, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jenkins, Screven	55 min
May 15, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jasper	55 min
May 15, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones	63 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.