Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 9:19 PM EDT for Aiken County, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 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
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
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 6 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
Local storm report, May 15, 9:00 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 900 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 COUNTY...... LAURENS...FIRS 175 SOURCE...... 911 DISPATCH TIME........ AROUND 8:30 PM EDT LOCATION.... HIGHWAY 46 SOUTHERN END OF COUNTY 20S DUBLIN. DAMAGE...... TREE UPROOTED BY STRONG WIND AND LYING ACROSS ROAD. INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED DEATHS...... NONE COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLE
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:02 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZ078>080-160305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 902 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR HARRIS...TALBOT AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 857 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARNESVILLE GEORGIA TO WOODBURY TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLASSEE ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, May 15, 9:02 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 900 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 COUNTY...... LAURENS...FIRS 175 SOURCE...... 911 DISPATCH TIME........ AROUND 8:30 PM EDT LOCATION.... HIGHWAY 46 SOUTHERN END OF COUNTY 20S DUBLIN. DAMAGE...... TREE UPROOTED BY STRONG WIND AND LYING ACROSS ROAD. INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED DEATHS...... NONE COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLE
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:04 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ078>080-160305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 902 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR HARRIS...TALBOT AND TAYLOR COUNTIES... AT 857 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARNESVILLE GEORGIA TO WOODBURY TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLASSEE ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 55 min |
| May 15, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.