Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1995, 3:23 PM EDT for Habersham County, Stephens County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1995, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1995, 3:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Habersham County, GA, Stephens County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 KAHN 171924 RRA SVRAHN GAC137-257-172030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 323 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...HABERSHAM COUNTY...STEPHENS COUNTY AT 323 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOCCOA IN STEPHENS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVEH 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 17, 2:35 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 ...MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF GEORGIA... AT 230 EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AROUND LAKE TOXAWAY AND OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA JUST NORTH AND WEST OF WALHALLA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THESES THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASSED OVER YOUR AREA. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... CONTINUED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF JASPER AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAHLONEGA GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:35 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
201 PM 10S BLAIRSVILLE GA DIME SIZED HAIL COVERED
UNION THE GROUND.Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:36 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
201 PM 10S B$LAIRSVILLE GA DIME SIZED HAIL COVERED
UNION THE GROUND.Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:39 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-171900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 ...MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF GEORGIA... AT 230 EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AROUND LAKE TOXAWAY AND OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA JUST NORTH AND WEST OF WALHALLA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THESES THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASSED OVER YOUR AREA. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... CONTINUED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF JASPER AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAHLONEGA GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:57 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
240 PM 5E MU0RRAYVILLE GA DIME SIZED HAIL.
HALL
245 PM 3NW MURRAYVILLE GA DIME SIZED HAIL.
LUMPKINLocal storm report, Jun 17, 3:00 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
240 PM 5E MURRAYVILLE GA DIME SIZED HAIL.
HALL
245 PM 3NW MURRAYVILLE GA DIME SIZED HAIL.
LUMPKINThe 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, 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, 3:40 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.