Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 8:50 PM EDT for Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 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 KAGS 160050 RRA SVRAGS GAC165-251-SCC005-160145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 850 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JENKINS COUNTY...SCREVEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA ...ALLENDALE COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ACROSS JENKINS AND SCREVEN COUNTIES OF GEORGIA AND INTO ALLENDALE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AT 833 PM EDT RETIRED WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF SYLVANIA IN SCREVEN COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLXY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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, 56 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 AVAILABLELocal storm report, May 15, 7:59 PM EDT, 51 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, 45 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, 42 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, 37 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, 37 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, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 55 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 | 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.