Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 6:14 PM EDT for Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meriwether County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 152215 SVRATL GAC199-152300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 614 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATLANTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MERIWETHER COUNTY AT 613 PM EST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING WESTERN MERIWETHER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER GREENVILLE BY 630 PM EST. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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 OBR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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, Apr 15, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
GAZAL048-152040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 339 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA... AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS TEN MILES SOUTH OF SEALE ALABAMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS vEVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 345 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN... LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM AND HALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE INDICATED OVER ATLANTA AND 120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED JUST EAST OF LAGRANGE AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTERSVILLE. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF A 100 MILE WIDE AREA THAR EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM THE TRI-CITIES AIRPORT IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE TO MONTGOMERY ALABAMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF APPROACHING BAD WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNING~S.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 4:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ046-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 401 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 AT 400 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ROCKDALE COTUNTY FROM DEKALB AND HENRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-152200- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 435 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM FOR NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN... LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM AND HALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 425 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE INDICATED OVER COVINGTON AND JUST WEST OF MONROE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY CROSS OVER NEWTON AND WALTON COUNTIES. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF APPROACHING BAD WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNIN.GS.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:35 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 530 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 COUNTY........ WALTON SOURCE........ WALTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TIME.......... APPROX 500 PM EDT LOCATION...... NEAR SOCIAL CIRCLE AND JUST OFF HWY 138 NEAR MONROE TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 550 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 COUNTY........ MORGAN SOURCE........ MORGAN COUNTY DISPATCH TIME.......... APPROX 515 PM EDT LOCATION...... NEAR BOS TWICK GEORGIA TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE AT THIS TIME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Spalding | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Putnam | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry, Spalding | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Spalding | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 40 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.