Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 10:51 AM EST for Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 10:51 AM EST (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Irwin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 502 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 281553 COR SVRMCN GAC155-281645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED ...CORRECTION TO LOCATION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1051 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...IRWIN COUNTY RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED JUST WEST OF OCILLA... THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS IN THE OCILLA VICINITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 8:34 AM EST, 2 hours 17 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, 2 hours 16 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, 1 hour 59 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, 1 hour 58 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, 10:26 AM EST, 25 minutes before
GAZ121>127-129-142>147-281730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1026 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1020 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...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, 10:29 AM EST, 22 minutes before
GAZ121>127-129-142>147-281730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1026 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 1020 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FORB THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 9:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 45 min |
| Jan 28, 10:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 42 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.