Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT for Henry County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 TTAA00 KATL 102232 RRA SVRATL GAC151-102315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 631 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 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 NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...HENRY COUNTY AT 629 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MCDONOUGH AREA. THESE STORMS HAD LITTLE MOVEMENT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
436 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME(EST) CITY STATE EVENT/REMARKS
DATE COUNTY
240 PM SMITHVILLE GA SEVERAL LARGE T.REES BLOWN DOWN
06/10/95 LEE JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE
SOURCE...LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 435 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ARE LOCATED IN WHITE AND HALL COUNTIES AND ARE GOING TO BE IN HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. 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 JUST EAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA ANND ALSO IN PICKENS COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMEMT WAS TO THE EAAT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
520 PM PUTNAM NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EATONTON BY
POLICE DPT.Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
520 PM PUTNAM NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EATONTON BY
POLICE DPT.Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 530 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD IN WHITE...HALL ...AND BANKS COUNTIES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 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 JUST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA AND JUST NORTH OF GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMEMT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:34 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 530 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD IN WHITE...HALL ...AND BANKS COUNTIES. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. 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 JUST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA AND JUST NORTH OF GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMEMT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER 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, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 48 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, 6:55 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
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.