Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

May 15, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Butts County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Monroe County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.

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TTAA00 KATL 152201
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GAC207-035-159-211-171-152245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BUTTS COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY...SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY
 
AT 557 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM COVINGTON TO NEAR GRIFFIN GEORGIA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 550 PM DISPATCHERS REPORTED TREES DOWN IN ROCKDALE
AND NEWTON COUNTIES AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 20
AND SIGMUND ROAD. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN SPALDING COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRU.CTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION 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.
 
 
 
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In the hours before

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-152045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
244 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES
OF HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERTON OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING.

GAZ017-018-026-028-029-152245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
445 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF GEORGIA AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES
OF HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERTON OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING.

ALZ048-152230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
531 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995

AT 430 PM CDT...530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE RUSSELL...LEE COUNTY LINE 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SEALE ALABAMA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GAZ089-090-102-ALZ048-152245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
543 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995

AT 540 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
IN NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA OR 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. COLUMBUS AND FORT
BENNING ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION.

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.