Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 4:55 PM EDT for Franklin County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 348 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
- 2462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 282058 SVRFFC GAC119-257-282145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 455 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...STEPHENS COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE SOUTHEAST OF CORNELIA MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 28, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-281755- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1155 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE AGAIN OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...INCLUDING THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...HIGH HUMIDITY AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PEACH STATE AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD NOT BE ALARMED AND GO ABOUT THEIR NORMAL BUSINESS. HOWEVER...BE AWARE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AND BE PREPARED TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-281755- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1155 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE AGAIN OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...INCLUDING THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...HIGH HUMIDITY AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PEACH STATE AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS GEORGIA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD NOT BE ALARMED AND GO ABOUT THEIR NORMAL BUSINESS. HOWEVER...BE AWARE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENhTIAL AND BE PREPARED TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-281900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 158 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDESTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER EASTERN COBB AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF BUT GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN FULTON...FORSYTH AND DAWSON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-281900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 158 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDESTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHERN METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER EASTERN COBB AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF BUT GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN FULTON...FORSYTH AND DAWSON COU*NTIES DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. ZALESKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gilmer | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns, Union, White | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Murray | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stephens | 11 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Dawson, Habersham, Hall | 67 min |
| Jun 28, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 67 min |
| Jun 28, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 64 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.