Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1995, 1:33 PM EDT for Towns County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1995, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1995, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Towns County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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 171734 RRA SVRATL GAC281-171815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 133 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...TOWNS COUNTY AT 135 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRASSTOWN BALD MOVING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. THIS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL. 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 17, 11:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-172200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 AM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOPING IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL GIVE THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL FROM COLUMBUS...MACON AND AUGUSTA AND NORTH. THE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY ALERT IN THE EVENT THEY ARE NEEDED. MSS
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-172200- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1115 AM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOPING IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL GIVE THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL FROM COLUMBUS...MACON AND AUGUSTA AND NORTH. THE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. SPOTTER ACT6IVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY ALERT IN THE EVENT THEY ARE NEEDED. MSS
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-171800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF GRORGIA. AT 1225 EDT RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RABUN COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHEAST AND JUST SOUTH OF CLAYTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:36 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-171800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 ...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF GRORGIA. AT 1225 EDT RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RABUN COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHEAST AND JUST SOUTH OF CLAYTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND4 THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lumpkin, Union | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Union | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Stephens | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd, Gordon | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Paulding | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 45 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.