Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 5:49 AM EDT for Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 5:49 AM EDT (09:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 TTAA00 KAHN 270948 SVRAHN GAC219-221-271045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 549 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...OCONEE COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS ON THE OCONEE...OGLETHORPE COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN OCONEE COUNTY SOUTH OF WATKINSVILLE NEAR BISHOP GEORGIA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUN>DERSTORMS 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 27, 5:09 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 510 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EDT EXCEPT FOR UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. AT 505 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF ELBERTON TO JUST SOUTH OF ATHENS TO NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE GEORGIA. IF YOU ARE IN WALTON...OCONEE...CLARKE...AND OGLETHORGE COUNTIES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OF STRONG INTENSITY MAY RE-DEVELOP LATER ON THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:10 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 510 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EDT EXCEPT FOR UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. AT 505 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF ELBERTON TO JUST SOUTH OF ATHENS TO NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE GEORGIA. IF YOU ARE IN WALTON...OCONEE...CLARKE...AND OGLETHORGE COUNTIES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OF STRONG INTENSITY MAY RE-DEVELOP LATER ON THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:26 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ059-060-072-073-271130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 526 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 484 HAS BEEN ISSUED VALID PRESENT TIME UNTIL 12 NOON EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA..PUTNAM..JASPER..JONES..BALDWIN. AT 520 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA THROUGH THE ATLANTA METROPLEX TO WALTON COUNTY AND EAST TO WILKES COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF WACHINGTON. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THE LINE MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:26 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ059-060-072-073-271130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 526 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 484 HAS BEEN ISSUED VALID PRESENT TIME UNTIL 12 NOON EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA..PUTNAM..JASPER..JONES..BALDWIN. AT 520 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA THROUGH THE ATLANTA METROPLEX TO WALTON COUNTY AND EAST TO WILKES COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF WACHINGTON. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THE LINE MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:37 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 540 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EDT EXCEPT FOR UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. AT 535 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS TO NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE TO CUMMING GEORGIA. IF YOU ARE IN WALTON...OCONEE BARROW...MORGAN...GREENE AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD SOUTH CAROLINA. $MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:40 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 540 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EDT EXCEPT FOR UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. AT 535 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS TO NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE TO CUMMING GEORGIA. IF YOU ARE IN WALTON...OCONEE BARROW...MORGAN...GREENE AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWOOD SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 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, 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, 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.