Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1994, 5:44 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1994, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1994, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butts County, GA, Henry County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Spalding County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 KATL 212143 SVRFFC GAC035-063-067-097-113-121-151-255-171-212245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 544 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BUTTS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CLAYTON COUNTY...COBB COUNTY...DOUGLAS COUNTY ...FAYETTE COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...SPALDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...LAMAR COUNTY AT 540 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHERN ATLANTA METRO AREA SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MACON. THIS LINE HAS PRODUCED EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN DEKALB AND GWINNETT COUNTIES DURING THE PAST TEN MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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. ZALESKI
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, 5:03 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-212305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 503 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...SHOWERS AND TUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST... AT 450 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEASTERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE REPORTED IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVED THROUGH EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND A SHARP TEMPERATURE DROP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE SOUTH METRO AREA...AND AS FAR SOUTH AS GRIFFIN AND JACKSON LAKE EARLY THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:08 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-212305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 503 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...SHOWERS AND TUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST... AT 450 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEASTERN SUBURBS OF ATLANTA. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE REPORTED IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVED THROUGH EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND A SHARP TEMPERATURE DROP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE SOUTH METRO AREA...AND AS FAR SOUTH AS GRIFFIN AND JACKSON LAKE EARLY THIS EVjENING.
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:28 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105-107-109-111-112-220030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
528 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994
...THUNDERSHOWERS MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 527 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN
SHOWERS WITH A FEW IMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL MAY BE ENCOUNTERED IN THESE STORMS.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NOTED IN SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY...NORTHERN
JONES COUNTY AND JUST NORTHWEST OF DUBLIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
IF OUTDOORS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING...MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IMMEDIATELY...AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.Special weather statement, May 21, 5:32 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105-107-109-111-112-220030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
528 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994
...THUNDERSHOWERS MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...
AT 527 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN
SHOWERS WITH A FEW IMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL MAY BE ENCOUNTERED IN THESE STORMS.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NOTED IN SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY...NORTHERN
JONES COUNTY AND JUST NORTHWEST OF DUBLIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
IF OUTDOORS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING...MOVE TO. A PLACE OF
SAFETY IMMEDIATELY...AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.Special weather statement, May 21, 5:33 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-212235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 533 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS ATLANTA METRO AREA... AT 525 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL OVER NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN ATLANTA SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MACON. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DEKALB COUNTY HAVE DOWNED A FEW SMALL LIMBS IN LITHONIA AND PRODUCED TEMPERATURE DROPS OF ALMOST 20 DEGREES DURING THE PAST 10 MINUTES. RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH AND EAST ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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. ZALESKI
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:34 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-212235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 533 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS ATLANTA METRO AREA... AT 525 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL OVER NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN ATLANTA SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MACON. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DEKALB COUNTY HAVE DOWNED A FEW SMALL LIMBS IN LITHONIA AND PRODUCED TEMPERATURE DROPS OF ALMOST 20 DEGREES DURING THE PAST 10 MINUTES. RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH AND EAST ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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. ZALESKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Hall, White | 47 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.