Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 9:40 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 260142 COR SVRATL GAC057-227-260230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED 1ST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 940 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CHEROKEE COUNTY...PICKENS COUNTY AT 9:35 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY REDEVELOPED OVER WESTERN PICKENS AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES. RESIDENTS OF CANTON AND JASPER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER MOVES OVERHEAD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST A 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 FLOOD0 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, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 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, 1 hour 28 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
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:20 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZALL-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 920 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS PASSED...THUS THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...BUT NONE OF THE STROMS SHOULD BE SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:23 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZALL-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 920 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS PASSED...THUS THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...BUT NONE OF THE STROMS SHOULD BE SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:25 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ089-090-ALZ048-260235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 925 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 467 FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 921 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST EAST OF HOGANSVILLE AND NEAR NEWNAN AND NORTHWARD TO DOUGLASVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:26 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ089-090-ALZ048-260235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 925 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 467 FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 921 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST EAST OF HOGANSVILLE AND NEAR NEWNAN AND NORTHWARD TO DOUGLASVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson | 60 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.