Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 8:16 PM EDT for Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 8:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Irwin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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 160018 SVRMCN GAC155-160115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 816 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...IRWIN COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON HAS INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH IRWIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OUT OF IRWIN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. 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. &
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, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 58 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, 35 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
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:01 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
GAZ017-018-026-028-029-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 8 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA HAS EXPIRED...THIS INCLUDES ELBERT COUNTY IN THE LOWER SECTION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:05 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
GAZ089-090-102-ALZ048-GAZ120-160030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 803 PM EDT MON MAY 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE MOVED WELL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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.