Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 11:27 AM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 11:27 AM EDT (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Walker County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCHA 141529 SVRCHA GAC295-141615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 1127 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...WALKER COUNTY AT 1125AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR AT CHATTANOOGA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST WALKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PTROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, May 14, 5:52 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes 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
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:28 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 10:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Union | 57 min |
| May 14, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 44 min |
| May 14, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 61 min |
| May 14, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 61 min |
| May 14, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Stephens | 40 min |
| May 14, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd, Gordon | 64 min |
| May 14, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 40 min |
| May 14, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Hart | 53 min |
| May 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 45 min |
| May 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 51 min |
| May 14, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 65 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.