Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 8:06 PM EST for Floyd County, Haralson County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 8:06 PM EST (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1994, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Floyd County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Polk County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 280108 SVRATL GAC115-143-233-280200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 806 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...FLOYD COUNTY...HARALSON COUNTY...POLK COUNTY AT 805 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN ALABAMA MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA JUST WEST OF CAVE SPRINGS. STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. THEREFORE LOCAL FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND ROADS IS LIKELY. 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 RAPIDLHY 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
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 4:29 PM EST, 3 hours 37 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, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 37 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, 2 hours 7 minutes 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, FICSpecial weather statement, Mar 27, 6:25 PM EST, 1 hour 41 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 625 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 625 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW INTENSE...WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA FROM KINGS MOUNTAIN WESTWARD TO PICKES SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INDICATED OVER EAST TENNESSEE...EAST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 7:28 PM EST, 38 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 725 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ...URBAN STREAM FLOODING ADVISORY FOR UNION COUNTY UNTIL 10 PMEST... AT 725 PM EST...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW INTENSE...WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE NEAR ROME GEORGIA AND NEAR SHELBY NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INDICATED OVER EAST TENNESSEE...EAST ALABAMA...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, 7:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns, Union | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 9:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 9:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 9:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 9:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 10:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 28 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.