Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 4:12 PM EDT for Habersham County, Rabun County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Habersham County, GA, Rabun County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KAHN 122013 RRA SVRAHN GAC137-241-122100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 412 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY...WESTERN RABUN COUNTY AT 410 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL RABUN COUNTY MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL EFFECT WESTERN RABUN COUNTY AND NORTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY IN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. 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
Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORT FROM JUNE 11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM 3NW FAYETTEVILLE GA WINDS KNOCKED DOWN 8 PINE
FAYETTE TREES RANGING IN DIAMETER
FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES..AND
TOOK TOPS OFF OF LARGER
TREES.Local storm report, Jul 12, 12:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORT FROM JUNE 11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM 3NW FAYETTEVILLE GA WINDS KNOCKED DOWN 8 PINE
FAYETTE TREES RANGING IN DIAMETER
FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES..AND
TOOK TOPS OFF OF LARGER
TREES.Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:30 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-122125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1995 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER RABUN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS STORM TAKE SAFE SHELTER. ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-122125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 330 PM EDT WED JUL 12 1995 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER RABUN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS STORM TAKE SAFE SHELTER. ELSEWHERE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15l MILES AN HOUR.
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, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 41 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.