Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 1:44 AM EDT for Habersham County, Hall County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 1:44 AM EDT (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, White County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:15 AM EDT | Tornado F1 | Cornelia, GA | A tornado touched down and destroyed one brick home, three mobile homes, one business and moderately damaged three additional homes. The three homes moderately damaged suffered primarily roof and glass damage. Also, several trees were snapped midway from the |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 KAHN 270546 SVRFFC GAC137-139-311-270645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 144 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HABERSHAM COUNTY...HALL COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY AT 140 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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, 3 hours 6 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 53 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, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 9 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, 2 hours 7 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, 1:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 1:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 47 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.