Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 1:17 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1995, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Screven County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 KAGS 191718 SVRAGS GAC251-191800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 117 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SCREVEN COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 114 PM EDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERTSTORM IN SCREVEN COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR THE CITY OF SYLVANIA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE 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, 11:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 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, 1 hour 15 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.
Local storm report, May 19, 12:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY 1214 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 COUNTY..... LAURENS SOURCE..... COUNTY 911 TIME....... 1205 PM LOCATION... FIRESTATION ON HGWY 338 STORM TYPE. THUNDERSTORM DIME SIZE HAIL DAMAGE..... NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, May 19, 12:25 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120>127-129-142>147-191830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1226 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT... AT 1221 EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SUMTER...STEWART AND TERRELL COUNTIES. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STR@EETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 19, 12:51 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
GAZ029-191700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1145 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... AT 1145 AM RADAR STRONG THUNSERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CLARKE...MADISON AND OGELTHORPE COUNTIES AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ELBERT COUNTY BY NOON. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN ATHENS AND ARE RAPIDLY MOVING TO THE EAST 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, 1:10 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ029-191830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1245 PM 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... AT 1245 PM RADAR STRONG THUNSERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CLARKE...MADISON AND OGELTHORPE COUNTIES AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ELBERT COUNTY BY NOON. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN ATHENS AND ARE RAPIDLY MOVING TO THE EAST 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.
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, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 41 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.