Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1995, 8:04 PM EST for Coweta County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 1995, 8:04 PM EST (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1995, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coweta County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 110110 RRA SVRATL GAC077-110200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 804 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...COWETA COUNTY AT 805 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EASTERN HEARD COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER NEWNAN BY 830 PM EST AND BE OVER EASTERN COWETA COUNTY BY 840 PM EST. 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. KM
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 10, 6:40 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 640 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ACROSS NEWTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONTINUED RAINFALL. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF ATHENS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 6:44 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 640 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTH GEORGIA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ACROSS NEWTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE CONTINUED RAINFALL. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH HEAVY RAI8N CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF ATHENS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:16 PM EST, 48 minutes before
GAZ005>007-011>013-019>022-030>034-041>046-052>058-066>070-110220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 716 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... AT 7 PM EST AN AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. THIS AREA WAS GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM HENRY COUNTY TO FAYETTE COUNTY AND WESTWARD THROUGH HEARD COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. EMBEDDED IN THIS AREA OF RAIN WERE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...HOWEVER THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABALE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 45 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. SINCE NOON TODAY AREAS FROM COWETA COUNTY TO HENRY COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN. PARTS OF HEARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALABAMA WHICH WILL BE MOVING OVER THESE SAME AREAS ARE ALSO PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING FROM CARROL AND HEARD COUNTIES EASTWARD TO HENRY COUNTY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER...DO NOT CROSS ANY ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED. KM
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:45 PM EST, 19 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 745 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA... AT 740PM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED ACROSS MORGAN...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 7:46 PM EST, 18 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-110145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 745 PM EST FRI FEB 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA... AT 740PM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED ACROSS MORGAN...GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES IN NORTH GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MOST OF NORTH GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 11:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Heard | 3 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Greene, Taliaferro | 2 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton | 2 hr |
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.