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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA

March 27, 1994Stephens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 4:03 PM EST for Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 4:03 PM EST (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 4:30 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Stephens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 530 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
530 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
654 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KAHN 272104
SVRAHN
GAC257-272130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
403 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...STEPHENS COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO STEPHENS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE PATH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO STEPHENS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.  THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND THIS PATH
COULD TAKE THE STORM VERY NEAR THE CITY OF TOCCOA.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 2:05 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield55 min
Mar 27, 2:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Lumpkin, White40 min
Mar 27, 2:27 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCFloyd33 min
Mar 27, 2:37 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHabersham, Rabun, White53 min
Mar 27, 2:37 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCLumpkin53 min
Mar 27, 3:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon29 min
Mar 27, 3:20 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens25 min
Mar 27, 3:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Polk38 min
Mar 27, 3:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer34 min
Mar 27, 3:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Hall48 min
Mar 27, 3:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Pickens39 min
Mar 27, 4:22 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCHabersham, White38 min
Mar 27, 4:22 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCRabun38 min
Mar 27, 4:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, White54 min
Mar 27, 4:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin54 min
Mar 27, 6:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield30 min
Mar 27, 6:58 PM ESTTornado WarningFFCFloyd, Polk32 min

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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.