Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 7:52 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1995, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hall County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 242353 RRA SVRATL GAC139-250030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 752 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN HALL COUNTY AT 748 PM EDT THE PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF GAINESVILLE. A FIREMAN IN NORTHERN HALL COUNTY REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AT 746 PM EDT. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAI L...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, 2:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 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, 5 hours 39 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, 7:42 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ121>126-142>145-250145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 742 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN THE CITIES OF EUFAULA AND COLQUITT OF MILLER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING AS SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING ..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ121>126-142>145-250145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 742 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995 AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN THE CITIES OF EUFAULA AND COLQUITT OF MILLER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING AS SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING ..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 29 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.