Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1995, 7:40 PM EDT for Bibb County, Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 1995, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 012339 RRA SVRATL GAC021-079-169-020030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 740 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BIBB COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY AT 737 PM RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GRAY TO CULLODEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN FORSYTH AT 730 PM BY MONROE COUNTY 911. 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
Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 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, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
620 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
440 PM HOMER GA TREES UPROOTED AND ACROSS RDS.
9/1/95 BANKS AT HWY 184...AND DAMACUS RD AND
HAWKINS RD.
530 PM LOGANVILLE AND MONROE GA TREES DOWN...INDIVIDUAL STRUCK
9/1/95 WALTON BY LTG AND HOUSE STRUCK AND
CAUGHT FIRE.
449 PM LINDALE...ROME GA TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES...
9/1/95 FLOYD SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES.Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
620 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
440 PM HOMER GA TREES UPROOTED AND ACROSS RDS.
9/1/95 BANKS AT HWY 184...AND DAMACUS RD AND
HAWKINS RD.
530 PM LOGANVILLE AND MONROE GA TREES DOWN...INDIVIDUAL STRUCK
9/1/95 WALTON BY LTG AND HOUSE STRUCK AND
CAUGHT FIRE.
449 PM LINDALE...ROME GA TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES...
9/1/95 FLOYD SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES.Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:42 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
620 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM HOLSENBECK GA TWO TREES DOWN NE OF WINDER.
515 PM ATHENS GA TREES DOWN...COMMERCE RD N AHN
9/1/95 CLARKE AND TREE DOWN DOWNTOWN AHN.Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:45 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR ERROR...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
645 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM HOLSENBECK GA TWO TREES DOWN NE OF WINDER.
9/1/95 BARROW
515 PM ATHENS GA TREES DOWN...COMMERCE RD N AHN
9/1/95 CLARKE AND TREE DOWN DOWNTOWN AHN.Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:05 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR ERROR...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
705 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
515 PM DANIELSVILLE GA DIME SIZE HAIL IN DANIELSVILLE.
9/1/95 MADISON NMRS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ALL
OVER...ON HWYS 106...72...29...
AND 98. REPORTS OF WIND 55-60
MPH.
547 PM GA TREES DOWN AT ADAMS RD AND AT
9/1/95 NEWTON COUNTY HAZELBROWN RD.
630 PM BOSTWICK GA SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
9/1/95 MORGANThe 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, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 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 | Jones | 50 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.