Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 4:57 PM EDT for Banks County, Franklin County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 5:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Banks County, GA, Franklin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 TTAA00 KAHN 262059 SVRAHN GAC011-119-262200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 457 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BANKS COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 455 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE HALL COUNTY...BANKS COUNTY LINE WEST OF HOMER GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES AND SURROUNDING AREAS BE ALERT FOR THIS STORM AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Jun 26, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:46 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ080-089-091-ALZ048-262150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 442 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM HURTSBORO AND SEALE ALABAMA EXTENDING EASTWARD TO COLUMBUS...BUENA VISTA...BUTLER AND FT VALLEY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:46 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ080-089-091-ALZ048-262150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 AT 442 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM HURTSBORO AND SEALE ALABAMA EXTENDING EASTWARD TO COLUMBUS...BUENA VISTA...BUTLER AND FT VALLEY GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OR TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN 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, 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 |
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.