Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 2:26 PM EDT for Bartow County, Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartow County, GA, Cherokee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 151840 COR SVRATL GAC015-057-151915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING . . . . CORRECTED . . . NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 238 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...BARTOW COUNTY...CHEROKEE COUNTY THE STORM WAS MOVING THROUGH BARTOW TO THE EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN CHEROKEE COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THE STORM IS A PART OF A LINE OF STORMS AND CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKES IF IN THE AREA OF ANY OF THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE AREA. ...CORRECTED TO CHANGE 50 MPH TO 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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. END
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 15, 2:03 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-151840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 205 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM... HALL...BANKS...JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON...AND NEWTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, May 15, 2:05 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-151840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 205 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... DAWSON...UNION...TOWNS...RABUN...LUMPKIN...WHITE...HABERSHAM... HALL...BANKS...JACKSON...BARROW...WALTON...AND NEWTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 41 min |
| 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, 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
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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.