Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1995, 6:24 PM EDT for DeKalb County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1995, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeKalb County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 172225 RRA SVRATL GAC089-172315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 624 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...DEKALB COUNTY AT 622 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LILBURN IN GWINNETT COUNTY. DIME-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER IN NORCROSS AT 620 PM EDT. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LAR GE 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
Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400 PM MARIETTA GA DIME SIZED HAIL.
COBBLocal storm report, Jun 17, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
450 PM ARMUCHEE GA DIME-SIZE HAIL
FLOYD
456 PM POCATALIGO GA 1 INCH HAIL
MADISONLocal storm report, Jun 17, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
450 PM ARMUCHEE GA DIME-SIZE HAIL
FLOYD
456 PM POCATALIGO GA 1 INCH HAIL
MADISONLocal storm report, Jun 17, 5:29 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM LINDALE GA DIME-SIZE HAIL
FLOYD
525 PM KINGSTON GA DIME-SIZE HAIL
BARTOWLocal storm report, Jun 17, 5:33 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM HIRAM GA DIME-SIZE HAIL
PAULDINGLocal storm report, Jun 17, 5:35 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
500 PM HIRAM GA DIME-SIZE HAIL
PAULDING
KINGSTON GA DIME-SIZE HAIL
BARTOWThe 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, 3:23 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, 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.