Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 7:43 PM EDT for Hall County, White County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hall County, GA, White County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 022346 RRA SVRATL GAC139-311-030030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 743 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN HALL COUNTY...WHITE COUNTY AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CLERMONT GEORGIA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 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 LOdWEST 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, Jun 2, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-022155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 453 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS ACROSS COLUMBUS METRO AREA... AT 450 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER JUST NORTHOF DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS. PERSONS ACROSS MUSCOGEE COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THIS STORM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABAND*ONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-022155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 453 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS ACROSS COLUMBUS METRO AREA... AT 450 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER JUST NORTHOF DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS. PERSONS ACROSS MUSCOGEE COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THIS STORM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABAND<ONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
GAZ090-102-022355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 551 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY... AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUMPKIN IN NOTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
GAZ090-102-022355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 551 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY... AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUMPKIN IN NOTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 625 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY... AT 623 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF COLUMBUS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 625 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY... AT 623 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF COLUMBUS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VE~RY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.