Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1995, 1:23 PM EDT for Glascock County, Jefferson County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1995, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1995, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Glascock County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 121725 RRA SVRATL GAC125-163-301-121815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 123 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EASTERN GLASCOCK COUNTY...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY ...SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY AT 122 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON COUNTY LINE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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, Jun 12, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-131000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1130 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO PRODUCE THE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREA OF CONCERN EXTENDS FROM CLAYTON TO MADISON TO MACON AND SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE FRONT NOW EXTENDS FROM BLUE RIDGE TO CARROLLTON AND WILL REACH THE COAST TONIGHT. WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND A HUMID AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL ACT TO GIVE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. > SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-131000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1130 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST GEORGIA TO PRODUCE THE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREA OF CONCERN EXTENDS FROM CLAYTON TO MADISON TO MACON AND SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE FRONT NOW EXTENDS FROM BLUE RIDGE TO CARROLLTON AND WILL REACH THE COAST TONIGHT. WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND A HUMID AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL ACT TO GIVE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. > SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 47 min |
| 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 |
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.