Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 2:19 AM EDT for Montgomery County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 2:19 AM EDT (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 3195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 120621 RRA SVRATL GAC209-120700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 219 AM EDT WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 217 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF MT. VERNON IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM MAY REACH MT VERNON BY 230 AM. 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 DEADLY2 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
Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 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, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 46 min |
| 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, 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.