Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 8:50 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina. 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
County Allendale County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 | 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 |
| May 15, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken, Edgefield | 56 min |
| May 15, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 29 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.