Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 11:27 AM EDT for Clayton County, Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 11:27 AM EDT (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clayton County, GA, Henry County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 2061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.2
- Supercell composite
- 20.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KATL 271529 SVRFFC GAC063-151-271615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1127 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY AT 1125 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF JONESBORO IN THE PANHANDLE SECTION OF CLAYTON COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS HENRY COUNTY BETWEEEN MCDONOUGH AND STOCKBRIDGE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. THIS STORM CONTAINS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 10:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-271515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1014 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE EAST OVER METRO ATLANTA... AT 10:12 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ATLANTA METROPOLITON AREA. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM CARROLL COUNTY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY THEN CONTINUED EAST TO NEAR ATHENS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS PASS OVERHEAD. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER FAST! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-271515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1014 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE EAST OVER METRO ATLANTA... AT 10:12 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ATLANTA METROPOLITON AREA. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM CARROLL COUNTY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY THEN CONTINUED EAST TO NEAR ATHENS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS PASS OVER~HEAD. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER FAST! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-271630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1025 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAIN UNDER TORNADO WATCH UNTIL NOON... WEATHER RADAR IN MACON AT 1024 AM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA...EXTENDING FROM THE ATLANTA METRO AREA...EAST TO JUST SOUTH OF ATHENS...AND INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-271630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1025 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA REMAIN UNDER TORNADO WATCH UNTIL NOON... WEATHER RADAR IN MACON AT 1024 AM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA...EXTENDING FROM THE ATLANTA METRO AREA...EAST TO JUST SOUTH OF ATHENS...AND INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:35 AM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1035 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EDT EXCEPT FOR UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED OVER THE LOWER SECTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES WERE NEAR COVINGTON AND MADISON GEORGIA. FLOODING OF LOW LYING PLACES...AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKEY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EASTWARD. ROADWAYS ARE LIKEY TO FLOOD ALSO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. xb:jRRV1WSCA j# WUUS \[I6WWUS: $R WUUS I6WWUS dWTPZz q6WWUS P6WWUS zC( WUUS` o6WWUS" LWTPZl tWWUSH `Q`WWUSV dlWWUS@ XWOUS C6WWUS>" | WUUS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:38 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1035 AM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL NOON EDT EXCEPT FOR UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED OVER THE LOWER SECTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND EXTENDED INTO WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES WERE NEAR COVINGTON AND MADISON GEORGIA. FLOODING OF LOW LYING PLACES...AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKEY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EASTWARD. ROADWAYS ARE LIKEY TO FLOOD ALSO. 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, 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, 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.