Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1995, 6:09 PM EST for Wilkes County, Georgia. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1995, 6:09 PM EST (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1995, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilkes County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 TTAA00 KAGS 192308 SVRAGS GAC317-192330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 609 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...WILKES COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 607 PM EST INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING EXTREME WESTERN WILKES COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF TIGNALL. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. 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, 3:43 PM EST, 2 hours 26 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, 24 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, 21 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.
Local storm report, Jan 19, 6:04 PM EST, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 600 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 COUNTY........HART SOURCE........HART COUNTY SHERIFF TIME..........1750EST LOCATION......12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTWELL NEAR VANNA TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........MARBLE DAMAGE........A COUPLE POWER LINES DOWN INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Jan 19, 6:05 PM EST, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 605 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 COUNTY........ELBERT SOURCE........ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFF TIME..........1758EST LOCATION......IN ELBERTON TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........NICKLE SIZE DAMAGE........NONE REPORTED INJURIES......NONE REPORTED RIES......NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Jan 19, 6:06 PM EST, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 605 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995 COUNTY........ELBERT SOURCE........ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFF TIME..........1758EST LOCATION......IN ELBERTON TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........NICKLE SIZE DAMAGE........NONE REPORTED INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
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, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 28 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.