Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 5:34 PM EST for Greene County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 5:34 PM EST (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 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 KAHN 282236 RRA SVRAHN GAC133-282315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 534 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...GREENE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GREENSBORO IN GREENE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN GREENSBORO REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IpN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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, Jan 28, 4:21 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
GAZ023>029-035>038-047>051-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 420 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 414 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF COVINGTON WEST TO AROUND NEWNAN GEORGIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HAIL AS LARGE AS 1/2 INCH AS THEY MOVED ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA. ALSO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS MAINLY SOUTH OF MONROE TO ATHENS TO ELBERTON. BE HALERT OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 4:38 PM EST, 56 minutes before
GAZ042-044-052-053-066-282340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 438 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 440 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL. ONE STORM WAS IN SOUTHEAST CARROL COUNTY..ANOTHER WAS IN NORTHERN TROUP COUNTY..IN EASTERN COWETA COUNTY.. AND IN SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY..AND YET ANOTHER IN EAST HENRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 5:30 PM EST, 4 minutes before
GAZ023>029-035>038-047>051-282330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 530 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MORGAN AND GREENE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AT 530 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MORGAN AND GREENE COUNTIES. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN MORGAN COUNTY HAS HAD REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THEIR COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED AND INDICATED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WER NOTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT EAST 45 MILES AN HOUR. BE ALERT OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATING CONDITIONS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 5:31 PM EST, 3 minutes before
GAZ125-127-129-142>147-290035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 531 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #55 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 530 PM EST WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED NO RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO WATCH..HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 5:32 PM EST, 2 minutes before
GAZ023>029-035>038-047>051-282330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 530 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MORGAN AND GREENE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. AT 530 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MORGAN AND GREENE COUNTIES. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN MORGAN COUNTY HAS HAD REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THEIR COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED AND INDICATED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WER NOTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA...NORTHEAST ALABAMA ANhD SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT EAST 45 MILES AN HOUR. BE ALERT OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATING CONDITIONS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 5:32 PM EST, 2 minutes before
GAZ125-127-129-142>147-290035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 531 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #55 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 530 PM EST WEATHER RADAR AT COLUMBUS INDICATED NO RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO WATCH..HOWEVER, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THlE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 9:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 45 min |
| Jan 28, 10:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 42 min |
| Jan 28, 10:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Irwin | 54 min |
| Jan 28, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 29 min |
| Jan 28, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taliaferro | 31 min |
| Jan 28, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 31 min |
| Jan 28, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 65 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.