Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1995, 6:42 PM EDT for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1995, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 601 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 292244 SVRATL GAC145-292330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 642 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HARRIS COUNTY AT 640 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FRANKLIN IN HARRIS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE CALLAWAY GARDENS AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCPTIVE HAIL...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
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:12 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 612 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 1995 AT 610 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF LAGRANGE TO 10 MILES EAST OF EUFAULA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FAST APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:13 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 612 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 1995 AT 610 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF LAGRANGE TO 10 MILES EAST OF EUFAULA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FAST APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG GUSTY WIND...FRE4QUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Spalding | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 43 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.