Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 5:56 PM EST for Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 556 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 561 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 KMCN 062257 RRA SVRMCN GAC021-079-153-070000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 556 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 552 PM RADAR SHOWED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE MID-STATE. ONE STORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE IN MACON BY 630 PM EST. ANOTHER JUST ENTERING SOUTHWEST HOUSTON COUNTY FROM CRISP COUNTY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. WILL BE NEAR WARNER ROBINS NY 630 PM EST. BOTH STORMS CONTAIN HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCEH TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Jan 6, 3:05 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ001>166-070300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 305 PM EST FRI JAN 06 1995 ...POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER OF THE LAST FEW DAYS IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. THE PRIMARY AREA THREATENED IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO SAVANNAH. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND FREEZING RAIN OF THIS MORNING GAVE WAY TO RISING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PUSHED A WARM FRONT TO NEAR AN AUGUSTA...TO NORTH OF COLUMBUS LINE BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PUSHED THE MERCURY INTO THE 60S AND LOW 70S ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA. MEANWHILE...TO THE WEST...A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI WAS MOVING TO THE EAST WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BACK INTO THE 30S BEHIND IT. AN ACCOMPANYING STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM ROUNDED OUT THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS NECESSARY TO SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE COLD FRONT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF IT. AT 300 PM...THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NORTH ALABAMA SOUTH INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ALABAMA HAS ISSUED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE. THE LINE ITSELF IS MOVING EAST AT 20-30 MPH WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT SPEEDS OF 50-60 MPH. THE FIRST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS HIGH WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN BUT TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF GEORGIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT TO THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FO\R UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 3:05 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ001>166-070300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATLANTA GA 305 PM EST FRI JAN 06 1995 ...POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER OF THE LAST FEW DAYS IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. THE PRIMARY AREA THREATENED IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO SAVANNAH. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND FREEZING RAIN OF THIS MORNING GAVE WAY TO RISING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS PUSHED A WARM FRONT TO NEAR AN AUGUSTA...TO NORTH OF COLUMBUS LINE BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PUSHED THE MERCURY INTO THE 60S AND LOW 70S ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA. MEANWHILE...TO THE WEST...A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI WAS MOVING TO THE EAST WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BACK INTO THE 30S BEHIND IT. AN ACCOMPANYING STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM ROUNDED OUT THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS NECESSARY TO SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE COLD FRONT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF IT. AT 300 PM...THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NORTH ALABAMA SOUTH INTO EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ALABAMA HAS ISSUED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE. THE LINE ITSELF IS MOVING EAST AT 20-30 MPH WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT SPEEDS OF 50-60 MPH. THE FIRST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AND SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS HIGH WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN BUT TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS OF GEORGIA ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT TO THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:40 PM EST, 16 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-070040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 540 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...FREEZING RAIN HAD RESULTED IN SOME ICY SPOTS ON BRIDGES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... SCATTERED AREAS OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN HAD BEGUN TO FREEZE ON SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ALSO ICE WAS BEGINNING TO FORM AS A GLAZE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND POWERLINES. PUT OFF TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AS LIGHT RAIN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AND THE TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK WHICH WOULD RESULT IN EVEN MORE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. IF YOU DO HAVE TO TRAVEL PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS THEY TEND TO FREEZE FIRST. ALSO SCATTERED SPOTS ON ROADS ARE SOMETIMES INVISIBLE...SO BE AWARE. ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS APPROACHING NEWTON COUNTY AND WILL BE AFFECTING COVINGTON AND MANSFIELD WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AS THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS IN DAWSON COUNTY JUST WEST OF DAWSONVILLE. ELSEWHERE ACOSS NORTH GEORGIA...THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EAST TENNESSEE SCATTERED AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET CONTINUED. RAIN AND A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...NEAR PEACHTREE CITY AND 5 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:43 PM EST, 13 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-070040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 540 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...FREEZING RAIN HAD RESULTED IN SOME ICY SPOTS ON BRIDGES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... SCATTERED AREAS OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN HAD BEGUN TO FREEZE ON SOME OF THE BRIDGES AND SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ALSO ICE WAS BEGINNING TO FORM AS A GLAZE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES AND POWERLINES. PUT OFF TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AS LIGHT RAIN IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AND THE TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK WHICH WOULD RESULT IN EVEN MORE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. IF YOU DO HAVE TO TRAVEL PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS THEY TEND TO FREEZE FIRST. ALSO SCATTERED SPOTS ON ROADS ARE SOMETIMES INVISIBLE...SO BE AWARE. ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS APPROACHING NEWTON COUNTY AND WILL BE AFFECTING COVINGTON AND MANSFIELD WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AS THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS IN DAWSON COUNTY JUST WEST OF DAWSONVILLE. ELSEWHERE ACOSS NORTH GEORGIA...THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EAST TENNESSEE SCATTERED AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET CONTINUED. RAIN AND A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINALL WERE LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...NEAR PEACHTREE CITY AND 5 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.