Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1994, 2:10 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1994, 2:10 PM EDT (18:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 241813 SVRAHN GAC059-133-211-219-221-241915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 210 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...CLARKE COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY ...OCONEE COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN ATHENS INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCONEE AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILE AN HOUR. 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 24, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1 PM EDT FRIN JUN 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST ALL COUNTIES NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM... ...THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF UNION AND TOWNS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... AT 1255 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF ALABAMA INTO WEST GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN STORE FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:39 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-ALZ048-241940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 139 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8OO PM EDT... AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CUSSETA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:39 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-ALZ048-241940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 139 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8OO PM EDT... AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CUSSETA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAThCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-ALZ048-241940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 139 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8OO PM EDT... AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CUSSETA TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA. THIS AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 zMPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:56 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-242000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 156 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 456 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY AND NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:56 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ120>127-129-142>147-242000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 156 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 456 IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY AND NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. ERY 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. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Monroe | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Upson | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jasper, Putnam | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 62 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.