Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1995, 4:12 PM EDT for Marion County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1995, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1995, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 2341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 182014 RRA SVRATL GAC197-249-182045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 412 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MARION COUNTY...SCHLEY COUNTY AT 412 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ALONG THE SCHLEY/MARION COUNTY LINE NORTHWEST OF ELLAVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MPH. 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 jON 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 18, 1:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
425 PM HARALSON GA COWETA/FAYETTE EMC REPORTED
7/17/95 COWETA POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES
DOWN ON POWER LINES ON
GORDON ROAD NEAR HARALSON
440 PM ALVATON GA LAMAR COUNTY EMC REPORTED
7/17/95 MERIWETHER POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES
DOWN ON POWER LINES JUST
NORTH OF ALVATONLocal storm report, Jul 18, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
425 PM HARALSON GA COWETA/FAYETTE EMC REPORTED
7/17/95 COWETA POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES
DOWN ON POWER LINES ON
GORDON ROAD NEAR HARALSON
440 PM ALVATON GA LAMAR COUNTY EMC REPORTED
7/17/95 MERIWETHER POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES
DOWN ON POWER LINES JUST
~ NORTH OF ALVATONSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
GAZ090-102-182030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 229 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA... AT 229 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHATTAHOOCHE COUNTY. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...INTENSIFY... AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AT 15 MPH INTO STEWART COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELO PING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
GAZ018-026-182045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 341 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA JUST SOUTH OF HARTWELL RESEVOIR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT STEPHENS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
GAZ018-026-182045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 341 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 1995 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA JUST SOUTH OF HARTWE<LL RESEVOIR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT STEPHENS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA IN THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb | 26 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.