Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 7:51 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 8:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Turner County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 152353 SVRMCN GAC017-287-160100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 751 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BEN HILL COUNTY...TURNER COUNTY 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE 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, 5:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 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.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
GAZ102-122-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 628 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 AT 625 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN STEWART COUNTY OR ABOUT 8 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF LUMPKIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
GAZ017-018-026-028-029-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 645 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, 7:15 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
GAZ017-018-026-028-029-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 715 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES< OF HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN AND HART. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST COUNTY OF ELBERT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS MONDAY EVENING.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:18 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ125-126-142-144-145-160015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 716 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 705 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS AROUND CUTHBERT FROM THE GEORGIA STATE PATROL. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF STRONG WINDS THAT COULD PRODUCE DAMAGE. THESE WINDS ARE THE RESULT OF NTHUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. &
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:41 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZALL-160045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #391 FOR MOST OF THE NORTH HALF OF GEORGIA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #395 FOR THE SOUTH HALF OF GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 11 PM EDT... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM DUBLIN TO NEAR ALBANY AT 730 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA THAT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT. ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MACON AND AUGUSTA. THIS WATCH AREA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT. KDF
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, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 40 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 |
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.