Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 9:58 PM EDT for Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 030159 RRA SVRATL GAC227-030230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 958 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY AT 955 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY NEAR JASPER AND TATE. REPORTS OF DIME SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECIEVED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 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, 3 hours 31 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 815 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 AT 815 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVIUNG THROUGH NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HALL...WHITE...AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT HABERSHAM COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 40 MINUTES AND MOVE INTO RABUN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THOSE OF YOU IN NORTHEAST NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH YOUR AREA. THOSE OF YOU IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DRIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 815 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995 AT 815 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVIUNG THROUGH NORTHEAST GEORGIA. HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HALL...WHITE...AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT HABERSHAM COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 40 MINUTES AND MOVE INTO RABUN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. THOSE OF YOU IN NORTHEAST NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH YOUR AREA. THOSE OF YOU IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DRIVERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
833 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
800 PM WHITE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADS
ALL OVER COUNTY ESPECIALLY
AROUND CLEVELAND GEORGIA.Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
833 PM EDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
800 PM WHITE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADS
ALL OVER COUNTY ESPECIALLY
AROUND CLEVELAND GEORGIA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.