Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1994, 9:49 PM EDT for Dade County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1994, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1994, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dade County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCHA 150148 RRA SVRCHA GAC083-150230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 949 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DADE COUNTY AT 945 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DADE COUNTY FROM NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF TRENTON AND RISING FAWN BEFORE 1030 PM EDT. 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, May 14, 7:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
GAC155-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 722 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994 A VERY LARGE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS INDICATED AT 720 PM EDT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCILLA JUST ENTERING IRWIN COUNTY. THIS STORM HAD APPROACHED SEVERE INTENSITY AND COULD DO SO QUICKLY AGAIN. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO OCILLA BUT TO THE WEST OF TOWN NEAR 800 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE TO A SAFE BUILDING AND STAY TUNED TO THIS RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR PROGRESS REPORTS ON THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, May 14, 7:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
GAC155-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 722 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994 A VERY LARGE THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS INDICATED AT 720 PM EDT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCILLA JUST ENTERING IRWIN COUNTY. THIS STORM HAD APPROACHED SEVERE INTENSITY AND COULD DO SO QUICKLY AGAIN. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO OCILLA BUT TO THE WEST OF TOWN NEAR 800 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE TO A SAFE BUILDING AND STAY TUNED TO THIS RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR PROGRESS REPORTS ON THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:14 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
GAZ014-015-016-023-150215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 914 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 910 PM EDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF LAKE SIDNEY LANIER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BUFORD MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN DAWSON...SOUTHERN LUMPKIN...HALL AND WHITE...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SO KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:16 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ014-015-016-023-150215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 914 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 910 PM EDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF LAKE SIDNEY LANIER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BUFORD MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HALL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN DAWSON...SOUTHERN LUMPKIN...HALL AND WHITE...YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SO KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:35 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-150330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 935 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR UNION...DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 930 PM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTH GEORGIA IN THE LAKE SIDNEY LANIER AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DAHLONEGA... NEAR FORSYTH AND NEAR BUFORD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. DONT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES UNLESS AN EMERGENCY DURING THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 14, 9:39 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-150330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 935 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR UNION...DAWSON AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 930 PM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTH GEORGIA IN THE LAKE SIDNEY LANIER AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DAHLONEGA... NEAR FORSYTH AND NEAR BUFORD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. DONT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES UjNLESS AN EMERGENCY DURING THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 69 min |
| May 14, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 46 min |
| May 15, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 50 min |
| May 15, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 49 min |
| May 15, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 57 min |
| May 15, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 49 min |
| May 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins, Screven | 40 min |
| May 15, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 68 min |
| May 15, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll | 46 min |
| May 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson | 42 min |
| May 15, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 52 min |
| May 15, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 68 min |
| May 15, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins, Screven | 48 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.