Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 3:57 PM EDT for Dawson County, Hall County, Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawson County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 261959 SVRFFC GAC139-187-085-262100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 357 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HALL COUNTY...LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DAWSON COUNTY AT 355 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAWSONVILLE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE CITIES OF DAWSONVILLE...GAINESVILLE...DAHLONEGAND SURROUNDING AREAS YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 26, 2:59 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-262000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 259 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 2:55 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST GILMER COUNTY AND ANOTHER STORM ENTERING SOUTHWEST PICKENS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN JASPER AND ELLIJAY CAN EXPECT HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THE STRONGEST STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-262000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 259 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 2:55 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST GILMER COUNTY AND ANOTHER STORM ENTERING SOUTHWEST PICKENS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN JASPER AND ELLIJAY CAN EXPECT HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THE STRONGEST STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIxO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Local storm report, Jun 26, 3:25 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
325 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994
COUNTY...... WORTH
SOURCE...... CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE
TIME........ AROUND 2 PM EDT...SUN JUN 26
LOCATION.... SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE/TREES...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...SOME LARGE TREES DOWN.
...TREE FALLEN ON HOUSE PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE
INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED
DEATHS...... NONE REPORTED
COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLELocal storm report, Jun 26, 3:28 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
325 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994
COUNTY...... WORTH
SOURCE...... CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE
TIME........ AROUND 2 PM EDT...SUN JUN 26
LOCATION.... SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE/TREES...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...SOME LARGE TREES DOWN.
...TREE FALLEN ON HOUSE PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE
INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED
DEATHS...... NONE REPORTED
COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLESpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 3:30 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-262045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 325 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS OVER NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF JASPER MOVING TOWARDS DAWSONVILLE. IF YOU ARE IN DAWSON...LUMPKIN...HALL...UNION AND WHITE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA YOU SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. ALSO THOSE ON AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A STORM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR HAWKINSVILLE AND MOUNT VERNON GEORGIA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR LAURENS AND JUST NORTH OF THE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:33 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-262045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 325 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS OVER NORTHCENTRAL GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF JASPER MOVING TOWARDS DAWSONVILLE. IF YOU ARE IN DAWSON...LUMPKIN...HALL...UNION AND WHITE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA YOU SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. ALSO THOSE ON AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A STORM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SO KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR HAWKINSVILLE AND MOUNT VERNON GEORGIA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR LAURENS AND JUST NORTH OF THE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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, 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, 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.