Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 4:19 PM EDT for Monroe County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 042022 RRA SVRATL GAC207-042115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 419 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 420 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RUSSELVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 4, 11:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091> 098-103>113-050000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1110 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KM
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-042040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 237 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995 AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LEE COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND ARE MOVING INTO MUSCOGEE COUNTY. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-042040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 237 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995 AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LEE COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND ARE MOVING INTO MUSCOGEE COUNTY. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS SOME OF THXESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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 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, 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.