Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 2123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KATL 092231 RRA SVRATL GAC195-092315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 631 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...MADISON COUNTY AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF SANDY CROSS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY BY 640 PM. IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME-SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 9, 5:37 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
GAZ124-092240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 539 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 531 EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN TERRELL COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF DAWSON GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE "STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:39 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ124-092240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 539 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 531 EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN TERRELL COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF DAWSON GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Stephens | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin | 61 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.