Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 9:23 AM EDT for Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gordon County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 291327 RRA SVRATL GAC129-291415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 923 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...GORDON COUNTY AT 9:23 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN GORDON COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN SUMMERVILLE IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY AT 9:05 AM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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 WHDERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ZALESKI
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 29, 7:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 720 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA JUST AROUND DAYBREAK. AT 715 AM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHATSWORTH. SHOWERS EXTENDED WEST INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR PERSISTS OVER OUR REGION. THE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING WELL IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL WELL TO THE NORTH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 720 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA JUST AROUND DAYBREAK. AT 715 AM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHATSWORTH. SHOWERS EXTENDED WEST INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR PERSISTS OVER OUR REGION. THE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING WELL IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL WELL TO THE NORTH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:23 AM EDT, 2 hours before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-291330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXP TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 720 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA... AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA JUST AROUND DAYBREAK. AT 715 AM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHATSWORTH. SHOWERS EXTENDED WEST INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR PERSISTS OVER OUR REGION. THE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING WELL IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL WELL TO THE NORTH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:03 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
GAZALL-291400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 903 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AT 845 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STROMS EXTENDED FROM ALABAMA INTO FLOYD...GORDON...AND MURRAY COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 845 AM WERE OVER FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THESE STORMS PASS OVER THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:05 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZALL-291400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 903 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AT 845 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STROMS EXTENDED FROM ALABAMA INTO FLOYD...GORDON...AND MURRAY COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT 845 AM WERE OVER FLOYD AND CHATTOOGA COUNTIES. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THESE STORMS PASS OVER THE AREA.
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, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 65 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, 9:42 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.