Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 6:00 PM EST for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 6:00 PM EST (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Whitfield County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 KCHA 272300 SVRCHA GAC313-272330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 600 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...WHITFIELD COUNTY AT 555 PM EST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN WHITFIELD COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF DALTON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES PER HOUR AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THIS STORM SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF DALTON. 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. 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, Mar 27, 3:38 PM EST, 2 hours 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 ...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, 1 hour 59 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, 1 hour 31 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.
Local storm report, Mar 27, 5:20 PM EST, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
515 PM SUN MAR 27 1994
COUNTY........LUMPKIN
SOURCE........ LUMPKIN COUNTY EMA
TIME.......... APPROX 3 PM TO 5 PM
LOCATION......LUMPKIN COUNTY@
TYPE STORM....TORNADO
HAIL..........
DAMAGE........
INJURIES......2 FATALITIES...50 TO 75 INJURED. DETAILS UNKNOWN
AT THIS TIME.Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:29 PM EST, 31 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 525 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. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 5:45 PM EST FOR HABERSHAM... WHITE AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. AT 525 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 GREENVILLE COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASfT AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INDICATED OVER EAST TENNESSEE...EAST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.
Local storm report, Mar 27, 5:59 PM EST, 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA
555 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994
COUNTY..... PICKENS COUNTY
SOURCE..... FIRE CHIEF, WOODSTOCK, GA.
TYPE....... TORNADO
WIDTH...... AT ONE POINT 1/2 MILE AS IT CROSSED A ROAD
LENGTH..... UNKNOWN
TIME....... 153 PM EST
LOCATION... IN PICKENS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE PICKENS-CHEROKEE CO.
LINE NORTH OF WOODSTOCK
DAMAGE..... 40 TO 50 HOUSES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
INJURIES... NUMEROUS...4 CRITICAL...EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER
DEATHS... FOUR
NOFFSINGER, FICThe 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, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 54 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.