Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 10:23 AM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 10:23 AM EDT (14:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 10:52 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 WUUS1 KAHN 291425 SVRFFC GAC013-139-297-291530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1023 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BARROW COUNTY...HALL COUNTY...WALTON COUNTY SEVERAL LARGE AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NOR GEORGIA NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE AND BETWEEN ATLANTA AND CUMMING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE THIS EAST MOVEMENT THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF HALL BARROW AND WALTON OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHORTLY. 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 29, 7:20 AM EDT, 3 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, 3 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:40 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-291335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 940 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 930 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GUNTERSVILLE ALABAMA TO BLUE RIDGE GEORGIA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:48 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-291335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 940 AM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 930 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GUNTERSVILLE ALABAMA TO BLUE RIDGE GEORGIA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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, 9:23 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 | 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.