Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 2:54 AM EDT for Cobb County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cobb County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 270656 SVRFFC GAC067-270730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 254 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN COBB COUNTY AT 248 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN PAULDING CO TMOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN COBB COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. 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, Jun 26, 10:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 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, 3 hours 44 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, 3 hours 44 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, 3 hours 19 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, 3 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:30 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 230 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA..GREENE...NEWTON... MORGAN...AND TALAFERRO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THESE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ATLANTA TO MADISON TO AUGUSTA. THE SOUTHERN EDGE EXTENDED FROM NEAR COLUMBUS TO MACON TO SYLVANIA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED IN SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH OF A AUGUSTA TO COLUMBIA LINE. MOVEMENT EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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, 1:44 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.