Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1995, 1:42 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Union County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1995, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lumpkin County, GA, Union County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 27 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 25 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 12 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, 1 hour 6 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, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.