Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1994, 4:28 PM EDT for Habersham County, Hall County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1994, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, White County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 212032 SVRFFC GAC137-139-311-212115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 428 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...WESTERN HABERSHAM COUNTY...NORTHERN HALL COUNTY ...WHITE COUNTY S LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WHITE COUNTY INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN PART OF HABERSHAM COUNTY MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC IN WHITE COUNTY SAID THAT TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN POWER OUTAGES HAD OCCURRED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. 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 21, 3:32 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
GAC059-105-119-133-147-157-195-219-221-257-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 332 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ....THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE EASTERN SECTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ATHENS RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SECTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR. A REPORT FROM THE LOCAL AIRLINE CREW WHO JUST ARRIVED FROM CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA SAYS AT 6000 FEET THEY ENCOUNTERED VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...MODERATE RIME ICING AND MODERTAE TURBULENCE. THEY ALSO REPORTED FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 21, 3:36 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAC059-105-119-133-147-157-195-219-221-257-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 332 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ....THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE EASTERN SECTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ATHENS RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SECTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR. A REPORT FROM THE LOCAL AIRLINE CREW WHO JUST ARRIVED FROM CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA SAYS AT 6000 FEET THEY ENCOUNTERED VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...MODERATE RIME ICING AND MODERTAE TURBULENCE. THEY ALSO REPORTED FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 21, 3:44 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAC059-105-119-133-147-157-195-219-221-257-212030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 332 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ....THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE EASTERN SECTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ATHENS RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN SECTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MILES AND HOUR. A REPORT FROM THE LOCAL AIRLINE CREW WHO JUST ARRIVED FROM CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA SAYS AT 6000 FEET THEY ENCOUNTERED VERY HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...MODERATE RIME ICING AND MODERATE TURBULENCE. THEY ALSO REPORTED FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTE R FROM THESE STORMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Lamar, Spalding | 61 min |
| May 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 61 min |
| May 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 61 min |
| May 21, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Paulding | 67 min |
| May 21, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Upson | 67 min |
| May 21, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 67 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.