Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1994, 8:25 PM EDT for Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1994, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Twiggs County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 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 KMCN 090026 RRA SVRMCN GAC289-090130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 825 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TWIGGS COUNTY AT 825 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN MACON INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH EAST OF JEFFERSONVILLE...MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 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, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 3 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 8:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ124>127-090115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 813 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN LEE COUNTY TO SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LEE AND TERRELL COUNTIES AND APPROACHING DOUGHERTY AND WORTH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 8:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ124>127-090115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 813 PM EDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN LEE COUNTY TO SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY. OVER THE NEXT HOUR...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LEE AND TERRELL COUNTIES AND APPROACHING DOUGHERTY AND WORTH COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONx FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 9:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 10:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 10:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Upson | 52 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.