Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 6:32 PM EDT for Randolph County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCSG 092232 SVRFFC GAC243-092300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 632 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ...RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF CUTHBERT. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 9, 6:11 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
FLZ017-018-027-092315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 612 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... AT 6 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LEON...WAKULLA...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE LEON COUNTY/WAKULLA COUNTY LINE...4 MILES WEST AND 3 MILES EAST OF WOODVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM EDT. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...VERY HEAV Y RAINFALL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF THE EFFECTED COUNTIES SHOULD WATCH THE WEATHER FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:12 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
FLZ017-018-027-092315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 612 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... AT 6 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LEON...WAKULLA...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE LEON COUNTY/WAKULLA COUNTY LINE...4 MILES WEST AND 3 MILES EAST OF WOODVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM EDT. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF THE EFFECTED COUNTIES SHOULD WATCH THE WEATHER FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Macon | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Quitman | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Baker, Early | 48 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.