Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 9:48 PM EDT for Fannin County, Georgia. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fannin County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 WUUS1 KATL 040149 RRA SVRATL GAC111-040215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 948 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 LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...FANNIN COUNTY AT 947 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE RIDGE. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 50 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, 48 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, 47 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, 44 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, 44 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, 43 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, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens | 49 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.