Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 7:52 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 KAGS 152352 RRA SVRAGS GAC141-301-160100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 752 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 750 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF SPARTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 15, 6:58 PM EDT, 54 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, 53 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, 46 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, 45 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 REDUC(ED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-152345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 745 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING. ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR...STEPHENS...JACKSON...FRANKLIN...MADISON...HART... ELBERT...BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...WALTON...NEWTON MORGAN...GREENE...AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES... AT 740 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM NEAR CLAYTON TO JUST WEST OF ATLANTA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY...IN HALL COUNTY OVER THE NORTH PART OF LAKE LANIER...AND 10 MILES NORTH OF ROSWELL. IF YOU ARE IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF HABERSHAM...HALL...BANKS... RABUN...SETPHENS AND FRANKLIN YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN GREENE...SOUTHERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN WILKES COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR LYONS..NEAR STATESBORO AND 10 MILES NORTH OF SYLVANIA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR NEWNAN AND MID WAY BETWEEN GRIFFIN AND HOGANSVILLE ALONG THE COWETA... MERRIWETHER COUNTY LINE. IN NORTH CAROLINA A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE. ALSO IN SOUTH CAROLINA AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBERRY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-152345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 745 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING. ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR...STEPHENS...JACKSON...FRANKLIN...MADISON...HART... ELBERT...BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...WALTON...NEWTON MORGAN...GREENE...AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES... AT 740 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM NEAR CLAYTON TO JUST WEST OF ATLANTA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY...IN HALL COUNTY OVER THE NORTH PART OF LAKE LANIER...AND 10 MILES NORTH OF ROSWELL. IF YOU ARE IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF HABERSHAM...HALL...BANKS... RABUN...SETPHENS AND FRANKLIN YOU SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN GREENE...SOUTHERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN WILKES COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR LYONS..NEAR STATESBORO AND 10 MILES NORTH OF SYLVANIA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR NEWNAN AND MID WAY BETWEEN GRIFFIN AND HOGANSVILLE ALONG THE COWETA... MERRIWETHER COUNTY LINE. IN NORTH CAROLINA A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HENDERSONVILLE. ALSO IN SOUTH CAROLINA AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBERRY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 52 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.