Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 7:54 PM EDT for Carroll County, Haralson County, Georgia. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1995, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, GA, Haralson County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 262353 RRA SVRATL GAC045-143-270045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 754 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CARROLL COUNTY...HARALSON COUNTY AT 750 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE ALABAMA BORDER WEST OF TALLAPOOSA AND BOWDEN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND EXPECTED ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAI6L...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON 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 26, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 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, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 14 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, 28 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....
655- CEDARTOWN GA TREES DOWN ALL OVER CEDARTOWN
735 PM POLK COUNTY AND WEST POLK COUNTY. REPORTED
BY POLK COUNTY 911.Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:41 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
528 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA WIND DAMAGE- LIGHT POLE BLEW DOWN
HOUSTON COUNTY NEAR HOLLY AND BERNARD STREETS IN
IN THE CENTER OF TOWN WHICH STARTED
A TREE FIRELocal storm report, Jul 26, 7:42 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
742 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
528 PM WARNER ROBBINS GA WIND DAMAGE- LIGHT POLE BLEW DOWN
HOUSTON COUNTY NEAR HOLLY AND BERNARD STREETS IN
IN THE CENTER OF TOWN WHICH STARTED
A TREE FIRE. REPORTED BY HOUSTON
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, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 48 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.