Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 1:06 AM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 1:06 AM EDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KATL 270508 SVRFFC GAC015-115-129-270615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 106 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN BARTOW COUNTY...NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY ...SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY AT 105 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HOLLAND IN FLOYD COUNTY AND NEAR CALHOUN IN GORDAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. 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. 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, 10:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1030 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF UNION...BARROW...LUMPKIN...WALTON...WHITE...NEWTON AND HALL EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5AM... AT 1025 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. OVER NORTH GEORGIA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE RIDGE AND 5 MILES WEST OF ELIJAY MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL xWERE LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS AND ROBBINSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHATTANOOGA AND ATHENS TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MOLES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-270359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1030 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF UNION...BARROW...LUMPKIN...WALTON...WHITE...NEWTON...DAWSON AND HALL EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5AM... AT 1025 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. OVER NORTH GEORGIA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLUE RIDGE AND 5 MILES WEST OF ELIJAY MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS AND ROBBINSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHATTANOOGA AND ATHENS TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 COUNTY...... PAULDING SOURCE...... PAULDING COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARMENT TIME........ 1104 PM LOCATION.... HIRAM/DALLASH AREAS TYPE STORM.. THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... QUARTER SIZE HAIL DAMAGE...... UNKNOWN INJURIES.... UNKNOWN DEATHS...... UNKNOWN BDL
Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 COUNTY...... PAULDING SOURCE...... PAULDING COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARMENT TIME........ 1104 PM LOCATION.... HIRAM/DALLAS AREAS TYPE STORM.. THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... QUARTER SIZE HAIL DAMAGE...... UNKNOWN INJURIES.... UNKNOWN DEATHS...... UNKNOWN BDL
Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1135 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 COUNTY........ HALL COUNTY SOURCE........ HALL COUNTY DISPATCH/EMA TIME.......... APPROX 1120 PM EDT LOCATION...... NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY TYPE STORM.... TORNADO HAIL.......... NONE REPORTED DAMAGE........ SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1135 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 1994 COUNTY........ HALL COUNTY SOURCE........ HALL COUNTY DISPATCH/EMA TIME.......... APPROX 1120 PM EDT LOCATION......* NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY TYPE STORM.... TORNADO HAIL.......... NONE REPORTED DAMAGE........ SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOWN AT THIS TIME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin, White | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 11:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 11:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Habersham, Hall | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker, Whitfield | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 11:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | White | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Gwinnett | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 12:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 1:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Hall, White | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 1:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall, Lumpkin | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 1:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 2:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 2:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Habersham | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 2:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 2:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding, Polk | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oconee, Oglethorpe | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 6:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 6:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 7:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 7:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 12:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Putnam | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 35 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.