Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lumpkin County, GA, White County, GA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 282247 SVRFFC GAC187-311-282345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 645 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...LUMPKIN COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY WEAHTER RADAR IN LUMPKIN COUNTY TO THE NORTH OF THE CITY OF DAHLONEGA. THIS STORM IS MOVING EASTWARD. 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, 5:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT . . . CORRECTED . . . NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF GEORGIA, COVERING AN AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER, DADE COUNTY, SOUTHEASTWARD TO CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY, EASTWARD TO SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND OFF THE EAST COAST. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DEVELOPING IN THIS HOT AND MOIST AIR MASS DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS, DEADLY LIGHTNING, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 515 PM THIS EVENING, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AROUND SAVANNAH AND NORTHWESTWARD ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND INTENSIFING. STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER WATCHES, WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/BDG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 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 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF GEORGIA, COVERING AN AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER, DADE COUNTY, SOUTHEASTWARD TO CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY, EASTWARD TO SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND OFF THE EAST COAST. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DEVELOPING IN THIS HOT AND MOIST AIR MASS DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS, DEADLY LIGHTNING, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 515 PM THIS EVENING, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AROUND SAVANNAH AND NORTHWESTWARD ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND INTENSIFING. STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER WATCHES, WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/BDG
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT . . . CORRECTED . . . NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF GEORGIA, COVERING AN AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER, DADE COUNTY, SOUTHEASTWARD TO CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY, EASTWARD TO SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND OFF THE EAST COAST. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DEVELOPING IN THIS HOT AND MOIST AIR MASS DURING THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS, DEADLY LIGHTNING, BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 515 PM THIS EVENING, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AROUND SAVANNAH AND NORTHWESTWARD ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND INTENSIFING. STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER WATCHES, WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. END/BDG
Local storm report, Jun 28, 5:50 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ FRANKLIN SOURCE........ LAVONIA P.D. TIME.......... APPROX 535 PM EDT LOCATION...... JUST NORTH OF LAVONIA IN FRANKLIN COUNTY TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ LARGE OAK TREE BLOWN DOWN. INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Jun 28, 5:52 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 550 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ FRANKLIN SOURCE........ LAVONIA P.D. TIME.......... APPROX 535 PM EDT LOCATION...... JUST NORTH OF LA VONIA IN FRANKLIN COUNTY TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... NONE DAMAGE........ LARGE OAK TREE BLOWN DOWN. INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>112-290040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 645 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 498 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF GEROGIA INCLUDING JASPER...PUTNAM...MONROE...JONES...BALDWIN... CRAWFORD...BIBB...TWIGGS...WILKINSON...PEACH...HOUSTON...BLECKLEY... LAURENS...DOOLY...PULASKI...DODGE...TREUTLEN...CRISP...WILCOX... WHEELER...MONTGOMERY AND TELFAIR COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM ET... AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS LOCATED MOST OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT HAS BEEN AWAY FROM CENTRAL GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH NO THUNDERSTORM WEATHER IS PRESENTLY BEING REPORTED OVER MIDDLE GEORGIA...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WATCH AREA MUST BE EXPECTED UNTIL EXPIRATION OF THE WATCH AT 1100 PM. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Stephens | 50 min |
| 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, 6:47 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
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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.