Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 212130 RRA SVRATL GAC303-212215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 527 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTH WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 525 PM EDT...PEACHTREE CITY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 8 MPH. THE STORM WILL ENTER THE HAMBURG STATE PARK AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE 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 21, 4:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 445 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 435 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WOULD BRING THE STORM ACROSS FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN OR NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORM. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA...EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR EXCEPT MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:48 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 445 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 435 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WOULD BRING THE STORM ACROSS FRANKLIN AND STEPHENS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN OR NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORM. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA...EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE IN CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR EXCEPT MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 48 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.