Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 5:40 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1995, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1995, 6:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Baldwin County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 KATL 312143 SVRATL GAC009-319-141-312245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 540 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BALDWIN COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WILKINSON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE. 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 THLE 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 31, 11:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-011200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 AM EDT WED MAY 31 1995 NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL DRIFT NORTH LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL AID THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT SPOT8TERS SHOULD STAY ALERT IN CASE THEY ARE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-011200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1200 AM EDT WED MAY 31 1995 NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL DRIFT NORTH LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL AID THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY ALERT IN CASE THEY ARE NEEDED. . . .............................NOTE.................................. BEGINING JUNE 1ST THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SEVERE THUNDERSTOEM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ONLY ON DAYS WHEN THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE> WEATHER. THE DAILY ISSUANCE OF THE THUNERSTORN OUTLOOK WILL RESUME MARCH 1ST 1996.
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:07 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ102-120-122-312210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 505 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995 AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN QUITMAN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT STEWART AND NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 37 min |
| May 31, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 51 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.