Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 9:25 PM EDT for Clarke County, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarke County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 2437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 290127 SVRFFC GAC059-221-290230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 925 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY...OGLETHORPE COUNTY AT 930 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE EASTERN PART OF ATHENS IN CLARKE COUNTY TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON TO THURMOND LAKE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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 28, 9:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ060-098-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 913 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING SEVERE WEATHER FROM ATHENS EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WEATHER WAS MOVING EAST...AWAY FROM MIDDLE GEORGIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED OVER PUTNAM OR TREUTLEN COUNTIES. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA MUST REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER CONDITIONS UNTIL THE WATCH EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:14 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ060-098-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 913 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING SEVERE WEATHER FROM ATHENS EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WEATHER WAS MOVING EAST...AWAY FROM MIDDLE GEORGIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED OVER PUTNAM OR TREUTLEN COUNTIES. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA MUST REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER CONDITIONS UNTIL THE WATCH EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 915 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ CORNELIA P.D. TIME.......... APPROX 745 PM EDT LOCATION...... WEST AND SOUTH OF CORNELIA (OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS) TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... UNKNOWN DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:16 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
916 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE...
OCONEE...AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL
930 PM EDT THIS TUEDAY EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELBERT JACKSON AND MADION
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR
ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
AT 9 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE
ATHENS VICINITY TO NEAR THURMOND LAKE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
KEEP TUNED TO THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 915 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ CORNELIA P.D. TIME.......... APPROX 745 PM EDT LOCATION...... WEST AND SOUTH OF CORNELIA (OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS) TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... UNKNOWN DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:18 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-290215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 916 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE... OCONEE...AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 930 PM EDT THIS TUEDAY EVENING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELBERT JACKSON AND MADION COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AT 9 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE ATHENS VICINITY TO NEAR THURMOND LAKE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 9:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 41 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.