Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1995, 6:19 PM EDT for Spalding County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 1995, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spalding County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 371 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 012218 RRA SVRATL GAC255-012300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 619 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...SPALDING COUNTY AT 618 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRIFFIN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE 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, Sep 1, 5:43 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
GAZ029-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 543 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995 IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT COUNTY AT 535PM EDT, ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM JACKSON...MADISON...AND CLARKE COUNTIES IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AS THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS O 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE, RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEAST TO NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. &
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:46 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
GAZ029-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 543 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995 IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ELBERT COUNTY AT 535PM EDT, ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM JACKSON...MADISON...AND CLARKE COUNTIES IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN WESTERN ELBERT COUNTTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AS THESE STORMS HAVE A 0HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS O 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE, RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA NORTHEAST TO NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. &
Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:00 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
411 PM 3-4NW CARTERSVILLE GA 1.75 inch hail
9/1/95 BARTOW HAIL DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE...
WIND GUST NEAR 55 MPH. REPORT
ED BY WIFE OF WEATHER CHANNEL
520 PM IN CENTERVILLE GA 0.75 inch hail
9/1/95 GWINNETT
408 PM IN AND NEAR GAINSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
9/1/95 HALL RESIDENTS REPRT NUMEROUS TREE
DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:00 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
411 PM 3-4NW CARTERSVILLE GA 1.75 inch hail
9/1/95 BARTOW HAIL DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE...
WIND GUST NEAR 55 MPH. REPORT
ED BY WIFE OF WEATHER CHANNEL
520 PM IN CENTERVILLE GA 0.75 inch hail
9/1/95 GWINNETT
408 PM IN AND NEAR GAINSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
9/1/95 HALL RESIDENTS REPRT NUMEROUS TREE
DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:04 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
411 PM 3-4NW CARTERSVILLE GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
9/1/95 BARTOW HAIL DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE...
WIND GUST NEAR 55 MPH. REPORT
ED BYj WIFE OF WEATHER CHANNEL
METEOROLOGIST.Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:08 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
411 PM 3-4NW CARTERSVILLE GA 1.75 inch hail
9/1/95 BARTOW HAIL DIME TO GOLFBALL SIZE...
WIND GUST NEAR 55 MPH. REPORT
ED BY WIFE OF WEATHER CHANNEL
520 PM IN CENTERVILLE GA 0.75 inch hail
9/1/95 GWINNETT
408 PM IN AND NEAR GAINSVILLE GA WIND DAMAGE
9/1/95 HALL RESIDENTS REPRT NUMEROUS TREE
DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Taylor | 54 min |
| Sep 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 50 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.