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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 14, 1995Bartow County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT for Bartow County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Bartow County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 142124
SVRATL
GAC015-142215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
524 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BARTOW COUNTY
 
AT 520 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CASSVILLE IN SOUTHERN BARTOW COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE ALLATOONA WITH THE NEXT 20 MINUTES.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEA"VY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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, 11:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 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, 5 hours 43 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.

&
Local storm report, May 14, 1:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
120 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

TIME(EDT)   .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
            ....COUNTY LOCATION....

 1040 AM    NORTHWEST PART OF         GA   SEVERAL TREES DOWN
 5/14/95    RABUN COUNTY                   ALSO MARBLE TO
                                           DIME SIZED HAIL
Local storm report, May 14, 1:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
125 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

TIME(EDT)   .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
            ....COUNTY LOCATION....

 1115 AM    NEAR TOCCOA               GA   MARBLE TO DIME SIZED
 5/14/95    STEPHENS COUNTY                HAIL
                                           WIND GUST ESTIMATED
                                           45 TO 50 MPH
Local storm report, May 14, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
400 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

TIME(EDT)   .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
            ....COUNTY LOCATION....

 1200 NOON  5 MI NORTH OF HARTWELL    GA   ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN
 5/14/95    HART COUNTY                    AND MANY LARGE LIMBS
                                           REPORT FROM 911 DISPATCHER
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:52 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-142230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
450 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR RABUN...HABERSHAM...AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
...HART...ELBERT...AND FRANKLIN IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AT 445 PM EDT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
FROM ROME SOUTHEAST TO NEAR LAWENCEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE IN HART AND ELBERT
COUNTIES IN ONE TO TWO HOURS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AxREA DURING THE EVENING.
REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AREA...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. ALSO
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Lumpkin, Union57 min
May 14, 11:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Rabun44 min
May 14, 11:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite61 min
May 14, 11:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBanks61 min
May 14, 11:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker48 min
May 14, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFranklin, Stephens40 min
May 14, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Floyd, Gordon64 min
May 14, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCherokee, Pickens40 min
May 14, 12:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert, Hart53 min
May 14, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow45 min
May 14, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb65 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.