Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 5:36 PM EDT for Heard County, Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1994, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Heard County, GA, Troup County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
536 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
...HEARD COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
...TROUP COUNTY
AT 528 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR
FRANKLIN GEORGIA IN HEARD COUNTY TO NEAR HOGANSVILLE IN TROUP COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. TREES WERE
REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 29 NEAR GRANTVILLE IN SOUTHWEST COWETA COUNTY
AT 520 PM BY THE HOGANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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.
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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
Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 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, 46 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:09 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>112-128-130-131-192310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 509 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 508 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAURENS COUNTY JUST WEST OF DUBLIN AND BLECKLEY COUNTY JUST EAST OF COCHRAN. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER BEN HILL COUNTY JUST EAST OF FITZGERALD AND STRETCHING SOUTH TO IRWIN COUNTY WEST OF OCILLA. MOVEMENT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND SOME STREET FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO REDUCED VISIBILIIES IN DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. SHALLOW...SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN WASH A CAR FROM A ROADWAY. ALSO...THE ROADBED MAY NOT BE INTACT UNDER THE WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:32 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 532 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 COUNTY...... COWETA SOURCE...... GRANTVILLE P.D. TIME........ 520 PM EDT LOCATION.... GRANTVILLE TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE DAMAGE...... SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN ZALESKI
Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:33 PM EDT, 3 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, 5:34 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 532 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 1994 COUNTY...... COWETA SOURCE...... GRANTVILLE P.D. TIME........ 520 PM EDT LOCATION.... GRANTVILLE TYPE STORM.. SEVE RE THUNDERSTORM WEATHER..... WIND DAMAGE DAMAGE...... SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN ZALESKI
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, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.