Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 12:04 PM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1995, 12:04 PM EDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 191602 SVRATL GAC175-167-191645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1204 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...JOHNSON COUNTY AT 1200 NOON WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN GA MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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 19, 6:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-191530- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TOCCOA TO CEDARTOWN. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR PERSISTS OVER GEORGIA TODAY. A COLD FRONT NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER OF TENNESEEE AND ALABAMA WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THE FRONT WILL TOUCH OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY.
Special weather statement, May 19, 10:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
GAZ029-191700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1055 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CONTINUED TO FORM OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST- NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF YOU IN AND NEAR THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL OBJECTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 19, 11:43 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ128-130-131-191740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1139 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 452 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA INCLUDING BEN HILL..TURNER..AND IRWIN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT... AT 1135 AM EDT POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FORM ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR THE BLECKLEY-DODGE-LAURENS COUNTY LINE AND JUST NORTHWEST OF HAWKINSVILLE IN PULASKI COUNTY. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 19, 12:02 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-201000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR PERSISTS OVER GEORGIA TODAY. A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOVING SOUTHEAST WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIGGERING THE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 25 min |
| May 18, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 53 min |
| May 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 49 min |
| May 19, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 43 min |
| May 19, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 59 min |
| May 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 50 min |
| May 19, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 65 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.