Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 2:57 PM EDT for Dooly County, Macon County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dooly County, GA, Macon County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KATL 101857 RRA SVRATL GAC093-193-101945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 257 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WESTERN DOOLY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY AT 255 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF OGLETHORPE GEORGIA IN SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. 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
Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
COUNTY..... WHITFIELD
SOURCE..... SHERIFF OFFICE
TIME....... 130 PM
LOCATION... ALONG HWY 41
TYPE....... THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE..... SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADS. TREE ON HOUSE IN
DALTON GA.Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:58 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
COUNTY..... WHITFIELD
SOURCE..... SHERIFF OFFICE
TIME....... 130 PM
LOCATION... ALONG HWY 41
TYPE....... THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE..... SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADS. TREE ON HOUSE IN
DALTON GA.Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:35 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND AND JUST EAST OF CORNELIA IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SO PEOPLE IN HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE INDICATED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO NORTHEAST ALABAMA... EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA AND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA 10 MILES WEST OF FORT VALLEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND AND JUST EAST OF CORNELIA IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SO PEOPLE IN HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE INDICATED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO NORTHEAST ALABAMA... EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SpOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA AND OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA 10 MILES WEST OF FORT VALLEY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Whitfield | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Taylor | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Monroe | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 69 min |
| Jun 10, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 46 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.