Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 9:26 PM EDT for Dawson County, Gilmer County, Pickens County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dawson County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Pickens County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 040127 SVRATL GAC085-123-227-040215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 926 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY ...EASTERN PICKENS COUNTY AT 925 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH. 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 POS SIBLE IN 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
Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
748 PM ROMEP GA FLOYD CO 911 REPORTED HAIL
FLOYD DIME TO QUARTER SIZE. NUMEROUS
TREES BLOWN DOWN IN ROME.Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:00 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
748 PM ROME GA FLOYD CO 911 REPORTED HAIL
FLOYD DIME TO QUARTER SIZE. NUMEROUS
TREES BLOWN DOWN IN ROME.Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:01 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
857 PM DANIELSVILLE 2 MILES N GA SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED
MADISON FUNNEL CLOUD AND DIME SIZE
HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF
DANIELSVILLE.Local storm report, Jul 3, 9:04 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
857 PM DANIELSVILLE 2 MILES N GA SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED
MADISON FUNNEL CLOUD AND DIME SIZE
HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF
DANIELSVILLE.DSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 9:04 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
GAZ028-029-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 904 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DEVELOPED OVER MADISON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH- EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS OVER ELBERT AND HART COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS..FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:05 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
GAZ028-029-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 904 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DEVELOPED OVER MADISON COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH- EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS OVER ELBERT AND HART COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS..FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LJIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 49 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.