Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1994, 7:04 PM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1994, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cobb County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 182308 SVRATL GAC067-182330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 704 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY AT 705 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MABLETON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.& MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 18, 4:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-182245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 444 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 440 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS NEAR BLUERIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSO COUNTY AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLIJAY IN GILMER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY WEST AT 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSSIPATE ACROSS NORTHWESTGEORGIA INTO THE EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-182245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 444 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 440 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS NEAR BLUERIDGE IN FANNIN COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALLAPOOSA IN HARALSO COUNTY AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLIJAY IN GILMER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY WEST AT 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSSIPATE ACROSS NORTHWESTGEORGIA INTO THE EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>096-098-105-107-109-182340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 537 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 AT 534 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER HOUSTON COUNTY FROM ELBERTA SOUTHWARD TO HAYNEVILLE...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY AND MOVING INTO EASTERN BIBB COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE MACON VICINITY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AT 10-15 MPH. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>096-098-105-107-109-182340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 537 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 AT 534 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER HOUSTON COUNTY FROM ELBERTA SOUTHWARD TO HAYNEVILLE...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER NORTHERN TWIGGS COUNTY AND MOVING INTO EASTERN BIBB COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE MACON VICINITY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AT 10-15 MPH. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNfE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:38 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
GAZAL048-182340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 638 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM TAYLOR COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MARION AND STEWART COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA BETWEEN AUBURN AND HURTSBORO. AS THESE STORMS PASS...EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:38 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
GAZAL048-182340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA. 638 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 1994 AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM TAYLOR COUNTY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MARION AND STEWART COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA BETWEEN AUBURN AND HURTSBORO. AS THESE STORMS PASS...EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke, Richmond | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pickens | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 47 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.