Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 7:08 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 152311 SVRFFC GAC077-199-160000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 708 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN COWETA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN MERIWETHER COUNTY AT 705 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEWNAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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, 6:54 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZAL048-152355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 654 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUSCOGEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE... ...MARION...STEWART AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HARRIS...TALBOT AND TAYLOR COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...THE POSSIBILITY STILL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZAL048-152355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 654 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HARRIS...TALBOT AND TAYLOR COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...THE POSSIBILITY STILL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:58 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZAL048-152355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 654 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUSCOGEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE... ...MARION...STEWART AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HARRIS...TALBOT AND TAYLOR COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS SHOWED ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOWEVER...THE POSSIBILITY STILL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:59 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
GAZ081-110-128-130-131-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR LOCATION UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 659 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON IS OPERATIONAL AGAIN...AND AT 705 PM EDT THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM ALBANY TO OVER TURNER COUNTY...BEN HILL COUNTY AND CONTINUING NORTHEAST OVER TATTNALL COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:06 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ081-110-128-130-131-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 659 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON IS OPERATIONAL AGAIN...AND AT 705 PM EDT THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM ALBANY TO OVER TURNER COUNTY...BEN HILL COUNTY AND CONTINUING NORTHEAST OVER TATTNALL COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD Q&UICKLY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:07 PM EDT, 1 minute before
GAZ081-110-128-130-131-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR LOCATION UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 659 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON IS OPERATIONAL AGAIN...AND AT 705 PM EDT THUNDERSHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM ALBANY TO OVER TURNER COUNTY...BEN HILL COUNTY AND CONTINUING NORTHEAST OVER TATTNALL COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUC(ED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
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, 4:11 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, 7:52 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.