Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1994, 7:55 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1994, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Screven County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAGS 082357 RRA SVRAGS GAC251-090045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 755 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN SCREVEN COUNTY AT 755 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SCREVEN COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR THE CITY OF SYLVANIA. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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, Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAZ091-092-102-103-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 640 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARION AND STEWART COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
GAZ091-092-102-103-082345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 640 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARION AND STEWART COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:09 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
GAZ081>084-094-095-105-107-108-090010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 709 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 707 PM EDT MACON WEATHER RADAR WAS MONITORING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON...OVER EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY JUST EAST OF IRWINTON AND OVER CENTRAL DOOLY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:10 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
GAZ081>084-094-095-105-107-108-090010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 709 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 707 PM EDT MACON WEATHER RADAR WAS MONITORING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MACON...OVER EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY JUST EAST OF IRWINTON AND OVER CENTRAL DOOLY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:22 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ103-104-120>122-124-090025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 722 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF AMERICUS TO NEAR PRESTON...BENEVOLENCE AND LAKE EUFALA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:24 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ103-104-120>122-124-090025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 722 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF AMERICUS TO NEAR PRESTON...BENEVOLENCE AND LAKE EUFALA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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.