Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 4:51 PM EST for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 4:51 PM EST (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lumpkin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 272153 SVRAHN GAC137-187-311-272245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 451 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HABERSHAM COUNTY...LUMPKIN COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF DAHLONEGA IN LUMPKIN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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
Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:59 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 3 PM SUN MAR 27 1994 COUNTY........ LUMPKIN SOURCE........ HAM RADIO NETWORK TIME.......... BETWEEN 230 AND 245 PM EST LOCATION...... NORTH PART OF DAHLONEGA TYPE STORM.... TORNADO HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ AT LEAST TWO HOUSES DESTORYED. INJURIES...... UNKNOWN
Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:29 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
325PM SUN MAR 27 1994
COUNTY........ WHITE
SOURCE........ HAM RADIO NETWORK
TIME.......... APPROX 3 PM
LOCATION...... DUNCAN BRIDGE ROAD 2 MILES WEST OF GA 75
TYPE STORM.... TORNADO
HAIL..........NONE REPORTED
DAMAGE........CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN PANORAMA ESTATES...SOME HOMES
DESTROYED
INJURIES...... UNKNOWNSpecial weather statement, Mar 27, 3:31 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 328 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 328 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY INTENSE...WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO NORTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TEN(NESSEE...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE IN WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND 20 MILES EAST OR ROME GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 3:38 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY ...COR... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 328 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 328 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY INTENSE...WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO NORTH4EAST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE IN WESTERN OCONEE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND 20 MILES EAST OF ROME GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Mar 27, 4:01 PM EST, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 355PM SUN MAR 27 1994 COUNTY........LUMPKIN SOURCE........ HAM RADIO NETWORK TIME.......... APPROX 3 PM LOCATION......OAK GR ROAD HWY 19 N FROMn DAHLONEGA TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........NONE REPORTED DAMAGE........POWER LINES DOWN ROAD BLOCKED TREES DOWN.. INJURIES...... UNKNOWN
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:29 PM EST, 22 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 428 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...EXCEPT HART AND ELBERT UNTIL 9 PM EST. AT 425 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY INTENSE...WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE IN PICKENS AND GRENVILLE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER RAIN COVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE... AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin, White | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 2:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun, White | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 2:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 3:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Gordon, Pickens | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Hall | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Pickens | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 4:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Habersham, White | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 4:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Rabun | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, White | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd, Polk | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.