Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 9:45 AM EST for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 9:45 AM EST (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crisp County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 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 KMCN 281446 RRA SVRMCN GAC081-281530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 945 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY AT 945 AM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSING LAKE BLACKSHEAR...ALONG HIGHWAY 280 THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS HAIL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 28, 7:33 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>110-281435-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
732 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
...FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING CENTRAL GEORGIA...
WEATHER RADAR IN MACON AT 730 AM SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 50 MPH EARLIER AS THEY MOVED
THROUGH EASTERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN GEORGIA.
STRONGEST STORMS WITH HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM JUNCTION CITY IN
TALBOTT COUNTY...TO FORSYTH IN MONROE COUNTY...TO MONTICELLO IN JASPER
COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Jan 28, 8:33 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
GAZ079-080-089>093-102>104-120>124-142>144-ALZ048-281535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 833 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52 CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN ALABAMA... AT 825 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNERSTORMS FROM WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS OF VISIBILITY DUE TO RAIN AND STANDING WATER ON ROADS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 8:34 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
GAZ079-080-089>093-102>104-120>124-142>144-ALZ048-281535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 833 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 52 CANCELLED FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IN ALABAMA... AT 825 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNERSTORMS FROM WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA TO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HIGH WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS OF VISIBILITY DUE TO RAIN AND STANDING WATER ON ROADS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 8:35 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094>098-105>112-128-130-131-281535-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
835 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR BEN HILL...TURNER...AND IRWIN
COUNTY UNTIL 11 AM EST...
AT 835 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SEVERAL EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY...TO MACON IN
BIBB COUNTY...TO GEORGETOWN ALONG THE GEORGIA-ALABAMA BORDER.
STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING FROM PEACH COUNTY INTO
BIBB COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 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 28, 8:52 AM EST, 53 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-281600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 852 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 AT 848 AM EST ATHENS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH GREENE AND TALIFERRO COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING BE WATCHFUL OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTEND INTO THE MACON AREA AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS WELL AS A LARGE PART OF THE CAROLINAS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 8:53 AM EST, 52 minutes before
GAZ008-009-010-014-015-016-017-018-023-024-025-026-027-028-029- 035-036-037-038-047-048-049-050-051-281600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 852 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 AT 848 AM EST ATHENS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH GREENE AND TALIFERRO COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING BE WATCHFUL OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTEND INTO THE MACON AREA AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA AS WELL AS A LARGE PART OF THE CAROLINAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 10:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 42 min |
| Jan 28, 10:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Irwin | 54 min |
| Jan 28, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 29 min |
| Jan 28, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 41 min |
| Jan 28, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro | 31 min |
| Jan 28, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 31 min |
| Jan 28, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 65 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.