Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 4:11 PM EDT for Chattooga County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chattooga County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 WUUS1 KATL 152013 SVRFFC GAC055-152115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 411 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CHATTOOGA COUNTY AT 410 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE ALBAMBA - GEORGIA BORDER APPROACHING CHATTOGA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 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.
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, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 6 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, 3:40 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-152040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... AT 330 PM EDT THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HOWEVER SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN AN HOUR OR TWO. IF YOU AREA IN DAWSON...LUMPKIN...AND HALL COUNTIES BE PREPARED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CANTON ...10 MILES WEST OF JASPER...AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF CARTERSVILLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE... NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVANIA GEORGIA.
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
GAZAL048-152050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 342 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 245 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW SCATTERED AREA'S OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR MIDWAY AND HURTSBORO ALABAMA. OTHERS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF DOTHAN ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:43 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-152040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... AT 330 PM EDT THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HOWEVER SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN AN HOUR OR TWO. IF YOU AREA IN DAWSON...LUMPKIN...AND HALL COUNTIES BE PREPARED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CANTON ...10 MILES WEST OF JASPER...AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF CARTERSVILLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EAST TENNESSEE... NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYLVANIA GEORGIA.
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:48 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZAL048-152050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 342 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 245 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW SCATTERED AREA'S OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR MIDWAY AND HURTSBORO ALABAMA. OTHERS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF DOTHAN ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
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, 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, 4:50 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.