Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1995, 2:39 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1995, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lumpkin County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 301839 RRA SVRATL GAC187-301945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 239 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...LUMPKIN COUNTY AT 238 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF DAHLONEGA MOVING EAST 10 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE 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 30, 11:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-010000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ...PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHILE NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-010000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ...PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHILE NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cobb, Paulding | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.