Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 275, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 3:16 PM EDT for Habersham County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1995, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Habersham County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 17, 12:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
ALZ048-171740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1238 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 1237 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN RUSSELL COUNTY...OVER THE COMMUNITY OF HURTSBORO, ALABAMA. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. WUUS01KPIT 0
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
ALZ048-171740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1238 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... AT 1237 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN RUSSELL COUNTY...OVER THE COMMUNITY OF HURTSBORO, ALABAMA. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:37 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-172040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 237 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 235 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVIG THROUGH THE / WEATHER SITUATION. WWUS35KBRO 0
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
ALZ04x/G THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 235 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVIG THROUGH THE MUSCOGEE... CHATTAHOOCHEE...RUSSELL...AND STEWART COUNTY AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WWUS35KCRW 0
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
ALZ04x/G THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 235 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVIG THROUGH THE MUSCOGEE... CHATTAHOOCHEE...RUSSELL...AND STEWART COUNTY AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WWUS35KCRW 0
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:43 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-172040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 237 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 235 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVIG THROUGH THE MUSCOGEE... CHATTAHOOCHEE...RUSSELL...AND STEWART COUNTY AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUA.TION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Johnson, Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette, Fulton | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 54 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.