Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT for Oconee County, Walton County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Oconee County, GA, Walton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 KATL 110229 RRA SVRATL GAC219-297-110315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1028 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...OCONEE COUNTY...EASTERN WALTON COUNTY AT 1020 PM EDT THE PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTVILLE. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. 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
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 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.
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
430- FORSYTH GA NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG
445 PM MONROE HIGHWAY 41 BETWEEN BIBB COUNTY LINE AND
FORSYTH
423 PM BIBB LIGHTNING STRUCK AND INJURED A PERSON...
EXACT LOCATION WAS UNKNOWN.
525 PM MACON GA SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED IN NORTH MACON. BIBB
430 - WHITE EMA OFFICIAL REPORTED RECEIVING HAIL FOR 15 MIN
445 PM CLEVELAND GA STARTING AS DIME SIZED THEN BECOMING QUARTER SIZED
445 PM WOODBURY GA TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 222
MANCHESTER GA BETWEEN WOODBURY AND MANCHESTER GA.
MERIWETHER
500 - 12E TALBOTON GA NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON PODIDDY RD.
515 PM TALBOT
519 PM GRAY GA TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 129 IN
JONES GRAYLocal storm report, Jun 10, 8:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
430- M FORSYTH GA NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG
445 PM MONROE HIGHWAY 41 BETWEEN BIBB COUNTY LINE AND
FORSYTH
423 PM BIBB LIGHTNING STRUCK AND INJURED A PERSON...
EXACT LOCATION WAS UNKNOWN.
525 PM MACON GA SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED IN NORTH MACON.
BIBB
430 - WHITE EMA OFFICIAL REPORTED RECEIVING HAIL FOR 15 MIN
445 PM CLEVELAND GA STARTING AS DIME SIZED THEN BECOMING QUARTER SIZED.
445 PM WOODBURY GA TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 222
MANCHESTER GA AND MANCHESTER GA.
MERIWETHER
500 - 12E TALBOTON GA NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON PODIDDY RD.
515 PM TALBOT
519 PM GRAY GA TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 129 IN
JONES GRAYLocal storm report, Jun 10, 8:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
815 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
430- FORSYTH GA NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG
445 PM MONROE HIGHWAY 41 BETWEEN BIBB COUNTY LINE AND
FORSYTH
423 PM BIBB LIGHTNING STRUCK AND INJURED A PERSON...
EXACT LOCATION WAS UNKNOWN.
525 PM MACON GA SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED IN NORTH MACON. BIBB
430 - WHITE EMA OFFICIAL REPORTED RECEIVING HAIL FOR 15 MIN
445 PM CLEVELAND GA STARTING AS DIME SIZED THEN BECOMING QUARTER SIZED
445 PM WOODBURY GA TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 222
MANCHESTER GA BETWEEN WOODBURY AND MANCHESTER GA.
MERIWETHER
500 - 12E TALBOTON GA NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED ON PODIDDY RD.
515 PM TALBOT
519 PM GRAY GA TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 129 IN
JONES GRAYSpecial weather statement, Jun 10, 10:04 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
GAZ025-035-036-037-052-053-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1004 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 AT 955 PM EDT THE PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY BETWEEN WINDER AND ATHENS AND 5 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN IN HEARD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND TO AVOID STANDING WATER ON ROADS. 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 10:05 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
GAZ025-035-036-037-052-053-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1004 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995 AT 955 PM EDT THE PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY BETWEEN WINDER AND ATHENS AND 5 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN IN HEARD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN AND TO AVOID STANDING WATER ON ROADS. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson | 27 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.