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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 25, 1994Whitfield County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 5:36 PM EDT for Whitfield County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1994, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Whitfield County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Athens Municipal, GA at 12:00Z on 1994-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KCHA 252137 RRA
SVRCHA
GAC313-TNC121-143-252230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN
536 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...WHITFIELD COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
 
   ...MEIGS COUNTY...RHEA COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATES POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN RHEA COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO MEIGS COUNTY SOON.
 
 
ANOTHER POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST MOVING INTO WHITFIELD
COUNTY GEORGIA FROM CATTOSA COUNTY. IT TOO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 25, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-252225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
426 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 425 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
NORTH- WEST GEORGIA FROM ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER BETWEEN LAGRANGE AND
CEDARTOWN TO THE ATLANTA METROPLITIAN AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
IN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEAR DOUGLASVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE ACROSS
NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-252225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
426 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994

....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...

AT 425 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
NORTH- WEST GEORGIA FROM ALONG THE ALABAMA BORDER BETWEEN LAGRANGE AND
CEDARTOWN TO THE ATLANTA METROPLITIAN AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
IN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEAR DOUGLASVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE ACROSS
NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

Nearby

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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.