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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 15, 1994Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 9:27 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 1994, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1994, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Jones County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 
TTAA00 KMCN 160128 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC169-160230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
927 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 925 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
NORTHEAST OF ROUND OAK IN JONES COUNTY MOVING EAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE
STORM CONTAINED HAIL. IN ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT IT WILL PASS
THROUGH THE PIEDMONT WILDLIFE REFUGE IN ONE HOUR.
 
 
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, May 15, 8:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 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 14 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, 27 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, 25 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, 25 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, 23 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

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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.