Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 9:23 AM EDT for Lincoln County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 2902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 21.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAGS 271324 RRA SVRAGS GAC181-271400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 923 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...LINCOLN COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 920 AM EDT INDICATED A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF LINCOLNTON CITY IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD THE LINCOLN...MCCORMICK COUNTY LINE IN GEORGIA. 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 27, 7:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 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, 7:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
GAZ059-060-271250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 749 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 740 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS WITH THE LARGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL ROCKDALE COUNTY EAST OF ATLANTA TO SOUTH OF WATKINSVILLE IN OCONEE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE LINE WAS INCHING EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGE STORM NEAREST MIDDLE GEORGIA WAS THAT IN ROCKDALE COUNTY. ATLANTA ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE ROCKDALE COUNTY STORM. PERSONS IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR UP DATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
GAZ059-060-271250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 749 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 740 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS WITH THE LARGEST STORMS IN CENTRAL ROCKDALE COUNTY EAST OF ATLANTA TO SOUTH OF WATKINSVILLE IN OCONEE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THE LINE WAS INCHING EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGE STORM NEAREST MIDDLE GEORGIA WAS THAT IN ROCKDALE COUNTY. ATLANTA ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE ROCKDALE COUNTY STORM. PERSONS IN JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO THIS RADIO FOR UPDATED INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO TIME REPORTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 820 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 COUNTY........ MORGAN/WALTON COUNTY SOURCE........ RADIO STATION TIME.......... 810 AM EDT LOCATION...... 3 MILES WEST OF BOSTWICK TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:24 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO TIME REPORTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 820 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 COUNTY........ MORGAN/WALTON COUNTY SOURCE........ RADIO STATION TIME.......... 810 AM EDT LOCATION...... 3 MILES WEST OF BOSTWICK TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:24 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 820 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 COUNTY........ MORGAN/WALTON COUNTY SOURCE........ RADIO STATION TIME.......... 630 AM EDT LOCATION...... 3 MILES WEST OF BOSTWICK TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE REPORTED
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, 7:42 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, 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.