Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 7:01 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1995, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 242305 RRA SVRATL GAC197-242330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 701 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MARION COUNTY AT 7 PM EDT THE PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER DRANEVILLE. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. 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 24, 1:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION FOR HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 125 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 AT 120 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST HABERSHAM COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO MACON. THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF THOMASTON. MOVEMENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 125 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 AT 120 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST HABERSHAM COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 1x0 MILES PER HOUR. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO MACON. THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF THOMASTON. MOVEMENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:35 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION FOR HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 125 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 AT 120 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST HABERSHAM COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO MACON. THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF THOMASTON. MOVEMENT COULD NO|T BE DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-242025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 210 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL HOWEVER FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-242025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 210 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL HOWEVER FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hall | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.