Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 6:34 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1995, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1248 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 112235 RRA SVRATL GAC145-112300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 634 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY AT 630 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MOUNTAIN HILL JUST WEST OF HAMILTON. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST AT AROUND 5 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
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 525 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 AT 520 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTY DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO HABERSHAM COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER STORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE EARLY EVENING. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS STORM OR ANY THREATENING WEATHER...TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 525 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 AT 520 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN RABUN COUNTY DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO HABERSHAM COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER ST"ORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE EARLY EVENING. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS STORM OR ANY THREATENING WEATHER...TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM METAL OBJECTS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:53 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-112255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 553 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 549 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN MUSCOGEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE ...AND STEWART COUNTIES OVER THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 15-20 MPH. 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:54 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-112255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 553 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 549 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN MUSCOGEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE ...AND STEWART COUNTIES OVER THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 15-20 MPH. 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.
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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.