Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 6:20 PM EDT for Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1935 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 152210 SVRATL GAC009-169-237-152300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 609 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BALDWIN COUNTY...JONES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY AT 606 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO GEORGIA MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE MILLEDGEVILLE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEDSTRUCTIVE 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.
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 15, 2:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes 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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:36 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:45 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 23 min |
| May 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 48 min |
| May 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 45 min |
| May 15, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 41 min |
| May 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Lamar, Monroe | 45 min |
| May 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan | 45 min |
| May 15, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 43 min |
| May 15, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Peach | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Pulaski | 54 min |
| May 15, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 54 min |
| May 15, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 46 min |
| May 15, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wheeler | 36 min |
| May 15, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Wheeler | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Ben Hill, Turner | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.