Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 1:15 AM EST for Allendale County, South Carolina. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 1995, 1:15 AM EST (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 1995, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allendale County, SC
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 610 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAGS 070613 RRA SVRAGS GAC165-251-SCC005-070600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA...CORRECTION FOR DATE 115 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN GEORGIA ...JENKINS COUNTY...AND SCREVEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...ALLENDALE COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 100 AM EST INDICATES A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO JENKINS AND SCREVEN COUNTIES IN GEORGIA AND ALLENDALE COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH AND HAVE DOWNED TREES IN BURKE COUNTY GEORGIA WITHIN THE LAST HALF HOUR. THE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARN ING. 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, 8:47 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ072-073-081>083-070250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 847 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 AT 840 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SEVERE INTENSITY RANGING FROM SOUTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY THROUGH NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE TO JONES COUNTY NEAR HADDOCK AND GRAY THROUGH NORTH BIBB COUNTY NEAR LIZELLA TO CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF ROBERTA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME STORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAY IN JONES COUNTY TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS IN MONROE COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH NEAR 825 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE STORM PROGRESS.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:22 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-070525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1022 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EXCEPT SUMTER COUNTY WHICH HAS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 1015 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED 25 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM MACON SOUTHWESTWARD TO DOTHAN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY...NEAR AMERICUS IN SUMTER COUNTY AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN IN WESTERN CLAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:25 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-070525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1022 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EXCEPT SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 1015 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED 25 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM MACON SOUTHWESTWARD TO DOTHAN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY...NEAR AMERICUS IN SUMTER COUNTY AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN IN WESTERN CLAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 10:28 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-070525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1022 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA EXCEPT SUMTER COUNTY WHICH HAS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING... AT 1015 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED 25 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM MACON SOUTHWESTWARD TO DOTHAN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY...NEAR AMERICUS IN SUMTER COUNTY AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN IN WESTERN CLAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 12:03 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
GAZ104-121>127-129-142>147-070705- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA MIDNIGHT EST SAT JAN 7 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 5 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 4 AM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. AT 1200 MIDNIGHT EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MONTEZUMA IN MACON COUNTY...IN SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY...AND 10 MILES EAST OF CUTHBERT IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 12:11 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
GAZ083-084-094-095-096-097-105-107-109-106-108-070715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1211 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995 AT 1200 MIDNIGHT MACON RADAR LOOKED AT A BROAD LINE SHAPED AREA THAT STRETCHED FROM AUGUSTA THROUGH WRIGHTSVILLE IN JOHNSON COUNTY ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH EASTMAN IN DODGE COUNTY WITH SOME PARTS OF THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING THROUGH COCHRAN TO HAWKINSVILLE TO CORDELE IN CRISP COUNTY. JUST WEST OF THERE WAS ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MARSHALLVILLE THROUGH LUMPKIN. THE LINES OF STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 25 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS ARE MOVING OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A TRAIN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAS BEEN SEEN. STILL THE LINES OF STORMS HAVE NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL STORMS THAT COULD INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS. MOST OF THEM ARE DECREASING A LITTLE. DONT DRIVE NEAR LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO UNTIL THE STORM ACTIVITY IS NO LONGER A THREAT IN ABOUT THREE HOURS FROM NOW..AROUND 300 AM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Allendale | 12 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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.