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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Jacksonville, FL

May 15, 1994McIntosh County, Wayne County, Georgia

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 6:04 PM EDT for McIntosh County, Wayne County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1994, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Jacksonville, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties McIntosh County, GA, Wayne County, GA

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, 3:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-029-035-152115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

AT 300 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN FROM CROSS CITY NORTH THROUGH LIVE OAK TO JENNINGS IN
HAMILTON COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

REMEMBER MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING IN FLORIDA THAN IN ANY
OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS TRY TO GET
INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING. AVOID OPEN AREAS SUCH AS BASEBALLL>
FIELDS...GOLF COURSES OR FISHING FROM SMALL DOCKS OR PIERS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
FLZ020-021-022-029-035-152115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994

AT 300 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN FROM CROSS CITY NORTH THROUGH LIVE OAK TO JENNINGS IN
HAMILTON COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

REMEMBER MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING IN FLORIDA THAN IN ANY
OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS TRY TO GET
INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING. AVOID OPEN AREAS SUCH AS BASEBALLL
FIELDS...GOLF COURSES OR FISHING FROM SMALL DOCKS OR PIERS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXLiberty, Long60 min
May 15, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXTattnall66 min
May 15, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXCandler, Evans58 min
May 15, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAXBulloch67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.