Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 11:56 AM EDT for Bartow County, Floyd County, Gordon County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 11:56 AM EDT (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bartow County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 KATL 141556 SVRATL GAC015-115-129-141700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1156 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...BARTOW COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY...SOUTHERN GORDON COUNTY AT 1150 AM THIS MORNING SEVERE THUNDRSTORMS WARE LOCATED BY WEATHER RADAR IN EASTER CHATOOGA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE APPRACHING THE WARNED THREE COUNTY AREA AT 1155 AM. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORED AT SUNERVILLE AROUND 1140 AM . THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE AREA CONTAINING THESE STORMS CONINUE TO MOVE SOUTH. 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 THUNDERRSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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, 10:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 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.
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:32 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-142200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1130 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TODAY. ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE STATE. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS TENNESSEE TODAY A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH GEORGIA IS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THIS IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUCHANAN TO THE ATLANTA METRO AREA...WATKINSVILLE AND LINCOLNTON. ELSEWHERE...ONLY A SLIGHT JCHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. MSS
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:41 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ001-006-008-011-015-016-024-141615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1141 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 ....VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED IN EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA... ...DEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUE FOR FANNING...UNION...LUPLIN... WHITE AND BANKS COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA... AT 1135 AM THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED VERY STRNG THUNDERS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA FOR THE WARNED COUNTIES LISTED. THESE STORMS HAVE REMAINED ON SOUTHEASTERLY MOVEMENT. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LUUMPKIN COUTY AT 1120 AM. ELSSEWHERE...ADDITIONAL STORMS HAVE FORMED IN NOTHERN DADE COUNTY AND JUST ACROSS THE STATE LINE WEST OF CHATTTOOGA COUNTIES. MOVEMETN OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT ALSO 35 MILES . THIS ACTIVITY IS MONORED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIPND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 48 min |
| May 14, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Stephens | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.