Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT for Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1995, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 262325 RRA SVRATL GAC223-233-270015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 727 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...PAULDING COUNTY...EASTERN POLK COUNTY AT 725 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKMART GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING 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 26, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 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, 57 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, 48 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, 47 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, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 minute 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....
655- CEDARTOWN GA TREES DOWN ALL OVER CEDARTOWN
735 PM POLK COUNTY AND WEST POLK COUNTY. REPORTED
BY POLK COUNTY 911.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, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.