Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 9:10 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Forsyth County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 260111 SVRATL GAC117-260200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 910 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...FORSYTH COUNTY AT 9:10 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED THROUGH CANTON IN CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 8:50 PM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES 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. ZALESKI
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 25, 6:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
GAC291-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 657 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 1850 EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR COPPERHILL GEORGIA MOVING TOWARD UNION COUNTY AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR \POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-260105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 701 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BUT SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN... AT 700 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTH COWETA AND NORTH MERIWETHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. WHILE ACTIVITY HAS DIMINIHED OVER THE AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR... THUNDERSTORMS JUST ACROSS THE STATE LINE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AND INCREASING AHEAD OF THESE STORMS. THUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HOULD INCREASE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-260105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 701 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA BUT SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN... AT 700 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTH COWETA AND NORTH MERIWETHER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. WHILE ACTIVITY HAS DIMINIHED OVER THE AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR... THUNDERSTORMS JUST ACROSS THE STATE LINE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ARE APPROACHING WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AND INCREASING AHEAD OF THESE STORMS. THUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HOULD INCREASE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-260045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 744 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GEORGIA...ALABAMA BORDER MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER POLK...HARALSON...CARROLL AND HEARD COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMM&EDIATELY! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-260045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 744 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GEORGIA...ALABAMA BORDER MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER POLK...HARALSON...CARROLL AND HEARD COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 15 MINUTES AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:12 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 810 PM EDT SAT JUN 26 1994 COUNTY...... FULTON (NORTH) SOURCE...... ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT TIME........ 7:50 PM EDT LOCATION.... ROSWELL GEOlRGIA TYPE STORM.. THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... HAIL (NICKEL) DAMAGE...... NONE INJURIES.... NONE DEATHS...... NONE ZALESKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Douglas, Fulton | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Hall | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Burke | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Franklin | 58 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.