Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 4:43 PM EDT for Douglas County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, GA, Fulton County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 272039 SVRATL GAC097-121-272130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 443 PM EDT WED APR 27 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 ...EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY AT 4:40 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AND DOUGLAS COUNTY 911 REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEAR LITHIA SPRINGS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG I-20 NEAR LITHIA SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 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. 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 27, 2:43 PM EDT, 2 hours before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-271935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 240 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 230 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WEST INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE FROM FONTANA LAKE NORTH CAROLINA TO JUST NORTH OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE. LINE MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA...MOUNTAINS AREAS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE INDICATED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAS&T AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-272120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 318 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 310 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA FROM SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF BLUE RIDGE AND JUST NORTHWEST OF CHATSWORTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO LIKELY. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH GEOXRGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:06 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-272105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 405 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AT 4:00 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDESTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. ONE CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS OVER THE NORTHERN ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR AUSTELL IN COBB COUNTY...EAST TO ALPHARETTA IN NORTH FULTON COUNTY. ALSO...A SECOND BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DALTON EAST ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO TALLULAH FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TpELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZALESKI
Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:32 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 430 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994 COUNTY........HABERSHAM SOURCE........HAM RADIO SPOTTER TIME..........340 PM EDT / 1940Z LOCATION......NORTHERN HABEPRSHAM COUNTY 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSVILLE TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........MOTH BALL SIZE DAMAGE........NONE INJURIES......NONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Rockdale | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 43 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.