Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1994, 8:05 PM EDT for Lamar County, Pike County, Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1994, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1994, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lamar County, GA, Pike County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 160008 SVRATL GAC255-171-231-160045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 805 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAMAR COUNTY...NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY AT 805 PM RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF GRIFFIN ALONG THE SPAULDING AND PIKE COUNTY LINES. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS E30 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, 7:07 PM EDT, 58 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, 20 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, 15 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.
Local storm report, May 15, 7:54 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
754 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994
COUNTY...... WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... SHERIFFS OFFICE AND SYLVESTER POLICE
TIME........ APPROXIMATELY 720 PM EDT
DAMAGE...... NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN COUNTY.
LARGE TREE FELL ON HOUSE NEAR SYLVESTER.
INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED
DEATHS...... NONE
COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLELocal storm report, May 15, 7:59 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 754 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 COUNTY...... WORTH COUNTY GEORGIA SOURCE...... SHERIFFS OFFICE AND SYLVESTER POLICE TIME........ APPROXIMATELY 720 PM EDT DAMAGE...... NUMEROUS TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN COUNTY. INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED DEATHS...... NONE COSTS....... NOT AVAILABLE
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 805 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER A WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR STEPHENS...JACKSON...FRANKLIN...MADISON...HART... ELBERT...BARROW...CLARKE...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...WALTON...NEWTON MORGAN...GREENE...AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS 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 15, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 55 min |
| May 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 43 min |
| May 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 43 min |
| May 15, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins, Screven | 55 min |
| May 15, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 55 min |
| May 15, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 63 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.