Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 6:06 PM EDT for Candler County, Georgia. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1995, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Candler County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 971 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHS 252206 RRA SVRCHS GAC043-252315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 606 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN GEORGIA ...CANDLER COUNTY WEATHER RADAR HAS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN CANDLER COUNTY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF METTER. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TJR
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, Jul 25, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SCZ040-042>045-047>050-262000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
320 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995
...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A HEAT ADVISORY EXTENDING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL CLIMB INTO THE
90S FOR INLAND LOCATIONS AND NEAR 90 DEGREES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST.
THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 50
PERCENT CREATE HEAT INDEXES APPROACHING THE 110 DEGREE LEVEL. A HEAT
INDEX OF 105 IS WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT OR
PHYSICAL STRESS.
CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE MOST
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE CAN RESULT FROM CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO THE HOT CONDITIONS.
REDUCE PHYSICAL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC
LIQUIDS AND WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. SPEND AS MUCH
TIME AS POSSIBLE IN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS AND HOMES.
MJRSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 3:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SCZ040-042>045-047>050-262000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
320 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995
...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A HEAT ADVISORY EXTENDING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL CLIMB INTO THE
90S FOR INLAND LOCATIONS AND NEAR 90 DEGREES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST.
THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 50
PERCENT CREATE HEAT INDEXES APPROACHING THE 110 DEGREE LEVEL. A HEAT
INDEX OF 105 IS WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE EXTREME DISCOMFORT OR
PHYSICAL STRESS.
CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE MOST
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE CAN RESULT FROM CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO THE HOT CONDITIONS.
REDUCE PHYSICAL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC
LIQUIDS AND WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. SPEND AS MUCH
TIME AS POSSIBLE IN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDINGS AND HOMES.
MJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty | 68 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.