Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT for Laurens County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Laurens County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 262313 RRA SVRATL GAC175-319-270000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 715 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY...EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY AT 713 PM EDT NATIONAL WETHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBLIN MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH A 5 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 26, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
428PM LAGRANGE GA FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT
TROUP COUNTY INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND
WHITEVILLE ROAD BY PATROLMAN.
TREE DOWN ON HOUSE...JEFFERSON
STREET IN LAGRANGE. ALSO TREE
DOWN ON HILL STREET. REPORTED
BY LAGRANGE POLICE.Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
605 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
300PM MCWHORTER GA TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH
DOUGLAS COUNTY OF MCWHORTER. REPORTED BY
DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:27 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400PM THOMAxSTON GA TREES DOWN SOUTH OF THOMASTON.
UPSON COUNTY REPORTED BY UPSON CO EMC.Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
400PM THOMASTON GA TREES DOWN SOUTH OF THOMASTON.
UPSON COUNTY REPORTED BY UPSON CO EMC.Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:39 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
509PM EATONTON GA TREES DOWN ACROSS COLE BRANCH
PUTNAM COUNTY AND PEA RIDGE ROADS. REPORTED
BY PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
509PM EATONTON GA TREES DOWN ACROSS COLE BRANCH
PUTNAM COUNTY AND PEA RIDGE ROADS. REPORTED
BY PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 51 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.