Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 10:06 AM EDT for Barrow County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 10:06 AM EDT (14:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barrow County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 KAHN 091408 SVRAHN GAC013-091515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1006 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BARROW COUNTY AT 1005 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO BARROW COUNTY FROM GWIN TCOUNTY THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE MOVING EAST AT MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR WINDER GEORGIA BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. ALSO THOSE ON AREA LAKES...ESPECIALLY FORT YARGO STATE PARK...SEEK SHELTED IMMEDIATELY IN A STRONG BUILDING...STAY AWAY FROM TREES AND DONT USE TELEPHONES.
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, 8:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 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, 1 hour 7 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, 9:35 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-091430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 935 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED OVER LAKE SIDNEY LANIER IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING ACROSS LAKE LANIER AND MOVING INTO HALL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN GAINESVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS MOVE INDOORS NOW UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO ANOTHER BATCH OF STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED FARTHER WEST NEAR LAKE ALATOONA AND THESE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE FIRST SURGE OF STORMS IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WHITE AND UNION COUNTIES AND JUST ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER NEAR ANDERSON MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA AND WEST NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS ALOS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:40 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-091430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 935 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED OVER LAKE SIDNEY LANIER IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING ACROSS LAKE LANIER AND MOVING INTO HALL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN GAINESVILLE AND SURROUNDING AREAS MOVE INDOORS NOW UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO ANOTHER BATCH OF STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED FARTHER WEST NEAR LAKE ALATOONA AND THESE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE FIRST SURGE OF STORMS IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WHITE AND UNION COUNTIES AND JUST ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER NEAR ANDERSON MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...NORTHWEST SOUTH CA|ROLINA AND WEST NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS ALOS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:55 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ020-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 955 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVLOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORIGA THIS MORNING. AT 950 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS NEAR CARTERSVIILLE IN BARTOW COUNTY AND NEAR ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN ... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 9:56 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ020-091600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 955 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVLOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORIGA THIS MORNING. AT 950 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS NEAR CARTERSVIILLE IN BARTOW COUNTY AND NEAR ROSWELL IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN ... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. RESIDENTS OF NORTH GEORGIA ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA.
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, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 9:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 10:08 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.