Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Jacksonville, FL
NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 7:38 PM EDT for Bulloch County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jacksonville, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bulloch County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSAV 152339 RRA SVRSAV GAC031-160045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA 738 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAVANNAH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...BULLOCH COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN EASTERN CANDLER COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND WAS ABOUT TO ENTER BULLOCH COUNTY. PERSONS NEAR THE TOWN OF REGISTER ARE THE MOST THREATENED AND SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. PERSONS FROM STATESBORO TO NEVILS SHOULD ALSO PREPARE FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN 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, 3:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 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, 4 hours 28 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Liberty, Long | 60 min |
| May 15, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | McIntosh, Wayne | 56 min |
| May 15, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Tattnall | 66 min |
| May 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Candler, Evans | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.