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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 27, 1994Rockdale County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 7:42 AM EDT for Rockdale County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 7:42 AM EDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Rockdale County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 271144
SVRATL
GAC247-271230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...ROCKDALE COUNTY
 
AT 740 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO WESTERN ROCKDALE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
30 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 6:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271130-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
630 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.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR OCONEE AND OGLETHROPE
COUNTIES UNTIL 645...

AT 630 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS TO
NEAR EAST ATLANTA. 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
OVER MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORjMS WERE NOTED IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
633 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

COUNTY........ OCONEE COUNTY

SOURCE........ FIRE DEPT

TIME.......... 630 AM EDT

LOCATION...... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF dWATKINSVILLE

TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

HAIL.......... QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE

DAMAGE........ NONE REPORTED

INJURIES...... NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
GAZ059-060-271140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
638 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 454 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR
JASPER..PUTNAM..JONES..AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 630 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATLANTA TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF ATHENS TO WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY.

TH LINE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 12 MILES AN HOUR AND STORMS IN THE
LINE WERE MOVING TO TlHE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL ENTER JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES NEAR 730 AM EDT.

PERSONS IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND STAY
TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
GAZ059-060-271140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
638 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 454 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR
JASPER..PUTNAM..JONES..AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 630 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATLANTA TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF ATHENS TO WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY.

TH LINE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 12 MILES AN HOUR AND STORMS IN THE
LINE WERE MOVING TO TlHE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL ENTER JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES NEAR 730 AM EDT.

PERSONS IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND STAY
TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:08 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
GAZ059-060-271140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECT WATCH NUMBER..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
708 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 484 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR
JASPER..PUTNAM..JONES..AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 630 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATLANTA TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF ATHENS TO WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY.

TH LINE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 12 MILES AN HOUR AND STORMS IN THE
LINE WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL ENTER JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES NEAR 730 AM EDT.

PERSONS IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND STAY
TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:08 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
GAZ059-060-271140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECT WATCH NUMBER..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
708 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 484 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON FOR
JASPER..PUTNAM..JONES..AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 630 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ATLANTA TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF ATHENS TO WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY.

TH LINE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 12 MILES AN HOUR AND STORMS IN THE
LINE WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL ENTER JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES NEAR 730 AM EDT.

PERSONS IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND STAY
TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker62 min
Jun 26, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin, White64 min
Jun 26, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding47 min
Jun 26, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb44 min
Jun 26, 11:24 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCCobb36 min
Jun 26, 11:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Habersham, Hall26 min
Jun 26, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCatoosa, Walker, Whitfield56 min
Jun 26, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade56 min
Jun 26, 11:39 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHaralson36 min
Jun 26, 11:47 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCFulton43 min
Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson, Hall, Lumpkin55 min
Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks55 min
Jun 27, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCWhite55 min
Jun 27, 12:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCForsyth, Gwinnett45 min
Jun 27, 12:47 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Hall, Jackson58 min
Jun 27, 1:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon69 min
Jun 27, 1:13 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPolk47 min
Jun 27, 1:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Hall, White61 min
Jun 27, 1:53 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCHall, Lumpkin37 min
Jun 27, 1:53 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCDawson52 min
Jun 27, 2:02 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCPaulding, Polk43 min
Jun 27, 2:03 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCBanks, Habersham42 min
Jun 27, 2:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd41 min
Jun 27, 2:21 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCCherokee, Cobb54 min
Jun 27, 2:35 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCJackson, Madison45 min
Jun 27, 2:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett28 min
Jun 27, 2:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb36 min
Jun 27, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Paulding, Polk53 min
Jun 27, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOconee, Oglethorpe56 min
Jun 27, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCMorgan, Oconee, Walton65 min
Jun 27, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WarningFFCOglethorpe65 min
Jun 27, 7:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMorgan, Newton, Walton54 min
Jun 27, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro55 min
Jun 27, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLincoln37 min
Jun 27, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry48 min
Jun 27, 12:25 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCPutnam50 min
Jun 27, 12:36 PM EDTTornado WarningFFCHancock54 min
Jun 27, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven49 min
Jun 27, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery35 min

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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.