Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 9:22 AM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 9:22 AM EDT (13:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forsyth County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 091324 SVRATL GAC117-091400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 922 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...FORSYTH COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN FORSYTH COUNTY AT 910 AM JUST NORTH OF CUMMING. DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE STORM EARLIER NEAR BALLGROUND. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO HALL COUNTY BY 930 AM. 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 9, 8:40 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-091430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECT MOVEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 840 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 835 AM EDT SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BLAIRSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY AND FARTHER WEST NEAR ELIJAY AND JASPER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THOSE IN UNION...LUMPKIN...DAWSON...TOWNS...WHITE...RABUN... HABERSHAM AND HALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THESE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE ELECTRICIAL APPLIANCES AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. SOME OF THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF ROME AND NEAR CANTON GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:47 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-091430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 840 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 835 AM EDT SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BLAIRSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY AND FARTHER WEST NEAR ELIJAY AND JASPER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THOSE IN UNION...LUMPKIN...DAWSON...TOWNS...WHITE...RABUN... HABERSHAM AND HALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THESE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE ELECTRICIAL APPLIANCES AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. SOME OF THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF ROME AND NEAR CANTON GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MIES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:49 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-091430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECT MOVEMENT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 840 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 835 AM EDT SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BLAIRSVILLE IN UNION COUNTY AND FARTHER WEST NEAR ELIJAY AND JASPER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THOSE IN UNION...LUMPKIN...DAWSON...TOWNS...WHITE...RABUN... HABERSHAM AND HALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THESE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE ELECTRICIAL APPLIANCES AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. SOME OF THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF ROME AND NEAR CANTON GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:59 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ013-091400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 859 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES... AT 845 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN PICKENS AND NORTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTIES. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BALLGROUND AND THE JASPER CITY POLICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN JASPER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO DAWSON AND FORSYTH COUNTIES BY 915 AM. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND AVOID STANDING WATER ON ROADS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH AND DEVELOP IN NORTH GEORGIA TODAY.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:59 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ013-091400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 859 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES... AT 845 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN PICKENS AND NORTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTIES. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BALLGROUND AND THE JASPER CITY POLICE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN JASPER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO DAWSON AND FORSYTH COUNTIES BY 915 AM. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND AVOID STANDING WATER ON ROADS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH AND DEVELOP IN NORTH GEORGIA TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs | 65 min |
| 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, 9:59 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
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.