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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1994, 9:31 PM EDT for Oconee County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oconee County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 2437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 290134 COR TORAHN GAC219-290215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECT TO TORNADO WARNING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 931 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...OCONEE COUNTY AT 930 THE OCONEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT 925 PM MOVING S4OUTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 28, 9:13 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ060-098-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 913 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING SEVERE WEATHER FROM ATHENS EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WEATHER WAS MOVING EAST...AWAY FROM MIDDLE GEORGIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED OVER PUTNAM OR TREUTLEN COUNTIES. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA MUST REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER CONDITIONS UNTIL THE WATCH EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:14 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
GAZ060-098-290315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 913 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 499 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUTNAM AND TREUTLEN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING SEVERE WEATHER FROM ATHENS EAST INTO SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WEATHER WAS MOVING EAST...AWAY FROM MIDDLE GEORGIA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED OVER PUTNAM OR TREUTLEN COUNTIES. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA MUST REMAIN ALERT TO NEARBY WEATHER CONDITIONS UNTIL THE WATCH EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:15 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 915 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ CORNELIA P.D. TIME.......... APPROX 745 PM EDT LOCATION...... WEST AND SOUTH OF CORNELIA (OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS) TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... UNKNOWN DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:16 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
916 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE...
OCONEE...AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL
930 PM EDT THIS TUEDAY EVENING.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELBERT JACKSON AND MADION
COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR
ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
AT 9 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE
ATHENS VICINITY TO NEAR THURMOND LAKE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
KEEP TUNED TO THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 915 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 COUNTY........ HABERSHAM SOURCE........ CORNELIA P.D. TIME.......... APPROX 745 PM EDT LOCATION...... WEST AND SOUTH OF CORNELIA (OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS) TYPE STORM.... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL.......... UNKNOWN DAMAGE........ TREES DOWN INJURIES...... NONE KNOW AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:18 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-290215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 916 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE... OCONEE...AND OGLETHORPE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 930 PM EDT THIS TUEDAY EVENING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELBERT JACKSON AND MADION COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AT 9 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE ATHENS VICINITY TO NEAR THURMOND LAKE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO THIS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 68 min |
| Jun 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lincoln, Wilkes | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Richmond | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Taliaferro | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 9:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 9:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Columbia | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 41 min |
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.