Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1995, 6:02 PM EST for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1995, 6:02 PM EST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1995, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elbert County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KAHN 192302 RRA SVRAHN GAC105-192330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 602 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...ELBERT COUNTY AT 555 PM THE ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH A THUNDERSTORM MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF ELBERTON BE PREPARED FOR THIS STORM DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES OF SO. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. &
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, Jan 19, 3:01 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 300 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM BLUE RIDGE SOUTH TO 10 MILES WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE. HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WEST ATLANTA AREA DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:40 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM BLAIRSVILLE SOUTH THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE TO CONYERS. SOME SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THERE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR DAWSONVILLE AND 10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A FEW SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:41 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM BLAIRSVILLE SOUTH THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE TO CONYERS. SOME SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THERE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR DAWSONVILLE AND 10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NE\XT COUPLE OF HOURS. A FEW SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:43 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 340 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FROM BLAIRSVILLE SOUTH THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE TO CONYERS. SOME SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THERE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR DAWSONVILLE AND 10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THEb NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A FEW SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 5:45 PM EST, 17 minutes before
GAZ073-084-097-200040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 545 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES... BALDWIN...WILKINSON AND LAURENS... AT 540 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON INDICATED NO STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THOSE COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN ARE OCCURING EAST OF A LINE FROM TOCCOA IN STEVENS COUNTY TO WATKINSVILLE IN OGLETHORPE COUNTY....ALL IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 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.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 5:48 PM EST, 14 minutes before
GAZ073-084-097-200040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 545 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 38 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES... BALDWIN...WILKINSON AND LAURENS... AT 540 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON INDICATED NO STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THOSE COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN ARE OCCURING EAST OF A LINE FROM TOCCOA IN STEVENS COUNTY TO WATKINSVILLE IN OGLETHORPE COUNTY....ALL IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...ZLIGHTNING 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 40 min |
| Jan 19, 4:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, White | 28 min |
| Jan 19, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Habersham, Hall | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks | 27 min |
| Jan 19, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Hart, Madison | 49 min |
| Jan 19, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 49 min |
| Jan 19, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 46 min |
| Jan 19, 6:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 21 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.