Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Atlanta, GA
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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 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, 7:56 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.