Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 1995, 10:13 PM EST for Bibb County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1995, 10:13 PM EST (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1995, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bibb County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 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 KMCN 040314 RRA SVRMCN GAC021-040400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 1013 PM EST FRI FEB 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY AT 1010 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MACON MOVING EAST 50 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Feb 3, 9:41 PM EST, 32 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-040445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 941 PM EST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST ON SATURDAY... AT 935 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHWESTWARD TO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 9:43 PM EST, 30 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-040445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 941 PM EST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST ON SATURDAY... AT 935 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHWESTWARD TO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL GEORGIA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 9:50 PM EST, 23 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-040350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 950 PM EST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTH GEORGIA... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED IN TALIAFERRO COUNTY AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MACON. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ELSWHERE...AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 9:52 PM EST, 21 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-040350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 950 PM EST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTH GEORGIA... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED IN TALIAFERRO COUNTY AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MACON. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ELSWHERE...AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 9:56 PM EST, 17 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071-072-081-082-094-095-040400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 956 PM EST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 58 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST... AT 955 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A TWISTY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EATONTON IN PUTNAM COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS EAST OF ROBERTA MOVING TOWARD MACON AND WILL BE HERE BY 1020 PM. DUE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF WIND GUSTS TO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 9:57 PM EST, 16 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071-072-081-082-094-095-040400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 956 PM EST FRI FEB 3 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 58 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST... AT 955 PM MACON RADAR SHOWED A TWISTY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EATONTON IN PUTNAM COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS EAST OF ROBERTA MOVING TOWARD MACON AND WILL BE HERE BY 1020 PM. DUE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS THERE WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF WIND GUSTS TO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY.
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.