Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 4:55 PM EDT for Coweta County, Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1994, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coweta County, GA, Heard County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 192058 RRA SVRATL GAC077-149-192130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 455 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...WESTERN COWETA COUNTY...EASTERN HEARD COUNTY AT 4:53 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF NEWNAN MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 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 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, Jul 19, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-202130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS... AT 330 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS MAINLY OVER UNION...TOWNS...AND RABUN COUNTIES. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THE SAME AREAS. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME RUN-OFF OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE. ALSO THESE THUNSERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED ACROSS NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ELLIJAY ...JUST EAST OF COVINGTON...JUST EAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:57 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 357 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 355 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR AUBURN AND TUSKEGEE IN EAST ALABAMA..NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY AND BETWEEN AMERICUS AND MACON IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA..AND BETWEEN ARLINGTON OF EARLY COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MAINTAIN ATTENTION ON THE WEATHER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:58 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 357 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 355 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR AUBURN AND TUSKEGEE IN EAST ALABAMA..NEAR THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY AND BETWEEN AMERICUS AND MACON IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA..AND BETWEEN ARLINGTON OF EARLY COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MAINTAIN ATTENTION ON THE WEATHER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:18 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 418 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 COUNTY...... PIKE SOURCE...... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME........ 405 PM EDT LOCATION.... MEANSVILLE TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE DAMAGE...... SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ZALESKI
Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 418 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 COUNTY...... PIKE SOURCE...... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIME........ 405 PM EDT LOCATION.... MEANSVILLE TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE DAMAGE...... SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ZALESKI
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:50 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-202150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 450 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NEWTON ...WALTON...BARROW AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES... AT 445 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS IN HABERSHAM COUNTY AND IN WALTON...NEWTON AND BARROW COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME HIGHWAYS IS POSSIBLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. KEEP ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...EASTERN ALABAMA AND EAST TENNESSEE. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS NEAR ETOWAH IN EAST TENNESSEE. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDIACTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 45 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.