Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 14, 1995, 10:48 AM EDT (14:48 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 1995, 11:45 AM EDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Fannin County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Union County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KATL 141448
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GAC187-291-111-141545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1048 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...LUMPKIN COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...FANNIN COUNTY
 
AT 1045 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THREE SEVERE THUNDERSTORSM. THE FIRST
STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN FANNING COUNTY WHILE THE SECOND STORM WAS
CENTERED IN NORTHERN UNION COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
LUMPKIN COUNTY BY 1115 AM.
 
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.
 
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.

In the hours before

GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-141600-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED OVER GEORGIA TODAY HOWEVER
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE STATE. AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS TENNESSEE TODAY. A LARGE
PORTION OF TENNESSEE IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
STOPPING JUST SHORT OF THE GEORGIA BORDER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM MID MORNING
ON. ELSEWHERE...ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPEC&TED.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS OVER
NORTH GEORGIA.

BDL

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-141730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
1025 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINSHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO NORTH GEORGIA FROM SOUTHERN TENNESSEE. THIS ACTIVITY
STRETCHES THE ENTIERE LENGTH OF THE TENNESSEE-GEORGIA BORDER AREA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO TE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD BE NEARING RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

EVERYONE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND REQUEST THAT THEY PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION FOR UPDATES ON THOS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION AND
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR THE POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF WARNINGS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.