Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 2:38 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1995, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1995, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 301839 SVRATL GAC163-167-303-301915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 238 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY ...EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 235 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARRISON IN SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE TOWN OF WADDLEY IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 30, 11:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-311200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EDT TUE MAY 30 1995 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. NONE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. A COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR AN ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOME STATIONARY. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE STATE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIUGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. ...........................NOTE.......................................... BEGINNING JUNE 1ST... THE NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ONLY ON DAYS WHEN( THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE DAILY ISSUANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL RESUME MARCH 1ST 1996.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 36 min |
| May 30, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen, Wheeler | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins | 53 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.