Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1995, 4:24 PM EST for Banks County, Habersham County, Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1995, 4:24 PM EST (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1995, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Banks County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado 0 | Homer To, GA | A pastor's brick home as well as three chicken houses were destroyed. A backyard barn was also destroyed. Four frame houses along Mt. Sinai Road were damaged. An older frame house was moved off its foundation. Afterwards, the tornado destroyed a concrete b |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 192124 RRA SVRAHN GAC011-137-139-257-192230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 424 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BANKS COUNTY...HABERSHAM COUNTY...HALL COUNTY ...STEPHENS COUNTY AT 423 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE GEORGIA IN HALL COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE CITIES OF LULA...CORNELIA AND TOCCOA YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS STORM DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 40 min |
| Jan 19, 4:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 28 min |
| Jan 19, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Jan 19, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Hart, Madison | 49 min |
| Jan 19, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 49 min |
| Jan 19, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Jan 19, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 28 min |
| Jan 19, 6:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 21 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.