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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Atlanta, GA

April 27, 1994DeKalb County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 4:47 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County DeKalb County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 272042
SVRATL
GAC089-272130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
447 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 LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...DEKALB COUNTY
 
AT 443 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DECATUR IN DEKALB COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
ZALESKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCUnion33 min
Apr 27, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Rabun48 min
Apr 27, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas, Fulton47 min
Apr 27, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry, Rockdale40 min
Apr 27, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry40 min
Apr 27, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Douglas55 min
Apr 27, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry43 min
Apr 27, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton43 min

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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.