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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 15, 1994Cherokee County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 3:18 PM EDT for Cherokee County, Georgia. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1994, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1994, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1994-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 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 1994-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KATL 151921
SVRFFC
GAC057-152015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
318 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNT IS EXTENDED UNTIL 4 15 PM
EDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE WEST PART
OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. THE STORMS CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE IN THE CARTERSVILLE
AREA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. BRIEF..BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade41 min
May 14, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson69 min
May 14, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens46 min
May 15, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks, Jackson50 min
May 15, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cherokee49 min
May 15, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga49 min
May 15, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJenkins, Screven40 min
May 15, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven68 min
May 15, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll46 min
May 15, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHaralson42 min
May 15, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether52 min
May 15, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren68 min
May 15, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJenkins, Screven48 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.