Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 10:29 PM EDT for Emanuel County, Georgia. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1995, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emanuel County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 120249 RRA SVRATL GAC107-120315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1029 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...EMANUEL COUNTY AT 1030 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 10 NORTHEAST OF SWAINSBORO MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A` STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 5 hours 4 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, 5 hours 2 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, 4 hours 36 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, 4 hours 35 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.
Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
826 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM 8 MILES W OF HAMILTON GA 3 TREES WERE BROKEN OFF
HARRIS WITH ONE BLOCKING GEORGIA
HIGHWAY 129. HIGH WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING REPORTED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Treutlen | 54 min |
| Jul 12, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 1:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Habersham, Rabun | 48 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.