Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1995, 6:47 PM EDT for Jasper County, Morgan County, Newton County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1995, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 212250 RRA SVRATL GAC159-211-217-212330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 647 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY...WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY ...NEWTON COUNTY AT 647 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COVINGTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN JASPER AND WESTERN MORGAN BY 705 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGI<NG 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
Local storm report, Jul 21, 4:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 439 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995 TIME COUNTY EVENT 430 PM EDT JONES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 18 EAST OF JAMES. WWUS35KAVL 0
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-212340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 538 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995 AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENT OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVER THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-212340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 538 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995 AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENT OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS EVENING AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVER THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:02 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
602 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
545 PM EDT MADISON SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT PIEDMONTE RD IN
z DANIELSVILLE...ALSO TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN AT HWY 29 S OF DANIELSVILLE.Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:44 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
644 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
617 PM EDT BARROW SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON PLEASANT HILL CHURCH RD
ALSO JEFFERSON ST. IN STATHAM
DOWN AT HWY 29 S OF DANIELSVILLE.Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
644 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 1995
TIME COUNTY EVENT
617 PM EDT BARROW SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON PLEASANT HILL CHURCH RD
, ALSO JEFFERSON ST. IN STATHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Walton | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Putnam | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Jones, Wilkinson | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Madison, Oglethorpe | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Walton | 51 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.