Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 6:43 PM EDT for Dodge County, Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1995, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dodge County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 012247 RRA SVRATL GAC091-235-315-012330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 643 PM EDT THU JUN 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WESTERN DODGE COUNTY...PULASKI COUNTY...WILCOX COUNTY AT 643 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCHELLE GEORGIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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
Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 500 PM EDT THU JUN 01 1995 COUNTY...... DOUGHERTY GEORGIA SOURCE...... PUBLIC RELAY THROUGH WALB TV ALBANY TIME........ 455 PM EDT LOCATION.. .. PUTNEY GEORGIA...6 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE...... SPORADIC GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED DEATHS...... NONE REPORTED
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
GAZ128-130-131-012340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 538 PM EDT THU JUN 1 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER SOUTH - CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 535 PM EDT RADAR IN MACON WAS MONITORING SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN WORTH COUNTY AND ALSO OVER CENTRAL BEN HILL COUNTY NEAR FITZGERALD AND STRETCHING SOUTH TO IRWINVILLE IN IRWIN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM OVER WORTH COUNTY HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL DURING THE PAST HOUR...HOWEVER THE STORM HAS WEAKENED OVER THE PAST 20 MINUTES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 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. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.
Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:30 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 630 PM EDT THU JUN 01 1995 COUNTY...... DOUGHERTY GEORGIA SOURCE...... PUBLIC RELAY THROUGH WALB TV ALBANY TIME........ 500 PM EDT LOCATION..t.. RADIUM SPRINGS...3 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE...... GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED DEATHS...... NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:36 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
636 PM EDT THU JUN 01 1995
COUNTY...... DOUGHERTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... PUBLIC RELAY THROUGH WALB TV ALBANY
TIME........ 500 PM EDT
LOCATION.... VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND SOUTH ALBANY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... HAIL RANGING FROM DIME SIZE TO GOLFBALL SIZE
INJURIES AND DEATHS... NONE REPORTED
COUNTY...... DOUGHERTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... RETIRED AIR WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST THRU WALB TV
TIME........ 520 PM EDT
LOCATION.... RADIUM SPRINGS...3 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... VERY JAGGED HAIL RANGING FROM MARBLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE
WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
INJURIES AND DEATHS... NONE REPORTEDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 6:37 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
636 PM EDT THU JUN 01 1995
COUNTY...... DOUGHERTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... PUBLIC RELAY THROUGH WALB TV ALBANY
TIME........ 500 PM EDT
LOCATION.... VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND SOUTH ALBANY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... HAIL RANGING FROM DIME SIZE TO GOLFBALL SIZE
INJURIES AND DEATHS... NONE REPORTED
COUNTY...... DOUGHERTY GEORGIA
SOURCE...... RETIRED AIR WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST THRU WALB TV
TIME........ 520 PM EDT
LOCATION.... RADIUM SPRINGS...3 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY
TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... VERY JAGGED HAIL RANGING FROM MARBLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE
WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
INJURIES AND DEATHS... NONE REPORTEDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 6:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
643 PM EDT THU JUN 1 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
600 PM TURNER 5 TREES DOWN NW PART
OF COUNTY. 1 TREE BLOCKING
HWY 41 NORTH.
JCPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 12:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Turner | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 57 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.