Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT for Cobb County, Paulding County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cobb County, GA, Paulding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 262125 RRA SVRATL GAC067-223-262215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 524 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...COBB COUNTY...EASTERN PAULDING COUNTY AT 522 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM HIRAM TO NEAR AUSTELL GEORGIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND SHOULD REACH THE SMYRNA/MARIETTA AREAS BY 545 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LtARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 26, 11:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-270400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1140 AM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON IN WILKES COUNTY ...TO JEFFERSONVILLE IN TWIGGS COUNTY TO ABBEVILLE IN WILCOX COUNTY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INTERACT WITH WARM MOIST AIR AT THE SURFACE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 257 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES UNTIL UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT STATES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR ROME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORM WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. WOUS40KMLB /
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 257 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES UNTIL UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT STATES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR ROME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 257 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INCLUDING RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES UNTIL UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT STATES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEAR ROME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORM WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-262315-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
520 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT INCLUDING
RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES...
AT 515 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER STEPHENS AND
EASTERN HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. THIS
STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AS IT AFFECTS THE
CITY OF TOCCOA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THOSE OF YOU NEAR THIS STORM
SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. ANOTHER STORM WAS FORMING OVER RABUN COUNTY. ANY WHO ARE IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING UNTIL THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS PASSED.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-262315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 520 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT INCLUDING RABUN...HABERSHAM...STEPHENS...FRANKLIN...HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES... AT 515 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER STEPHENS AND EASTERN HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AS IT AFFECTS THE CITY OF TOCCOA AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THOSE OF YOU NEAR THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ANOTHER STORM WAS FORMING OVER RABUN COUNTY. ANY WHO ARE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING UNTIL THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.