Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1995, 8:13 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1995, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeKalb County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 120014 RRA SVRATL GAC089-135-120100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 813 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN DEKALB COUNTY...GWINNETT COUNTY AT 811 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF CHAMBLEE GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS TRACK WILL TAKE THE STORM ACROSS DORAVILLE AND NORCROSS BY 835 PM. 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 11, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 618 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 100 PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF ELIJAY AND DAWSONVILLE GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR ENDING TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 618 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF ELIJAY AND DAWSONVILLE GEORGIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR ENDING TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 700 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH GEORGIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY IN TOWNS...WHITE ...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 700 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH GEORGIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY IN TOWNS...WHITE ...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:35 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 735 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH GEORGIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY IN TOWNS...WHITE ...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES WITH THE STRONGEST JUST WEST OF DAWSONVILLE GEORGIA. ALL THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND IN WESTERN GEORGIA INTO EASTERN ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:41 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 735 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH GEORGIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE CURRENTLY IN TOWNS...WHITE ...AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES WITH THE STRONGEST JUST WEST OF DAWSONVILLE GEORGIA. ALL THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND IN WESTERN GEORGIA INTO EASTERN ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Warren | 52 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.