Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 354, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 4:33 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coweta County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Troup County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 272032 RRA SVRATL GAC067-077-113-121-199-285-272115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 433 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...COBB COUNTY...COWETA COUNTY...FAYETTE COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MERIWETHER COUNTY...TROUP COUNTY AT 430 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM VILLA RICA TO FRANKLIN MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ATLANTA METRO AREA BY 5 PM EDT. 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 PQUICKLY 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, Oct 27, 11:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066-073-078>084- 091>098-103>113-272300- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND PARTS OF CENRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRESTON TO DUBLIN... EATONTON AND WASHINGTON. THIS AREA INCLUDES METROPOLITAN ATLANTA... ATHENS AND MACON. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. EVERYONE IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER SHOULD DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MSS
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 11:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>060-066-073-078>084- 091>098-103>113-272300- AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1145 AM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND PARTS OF CENRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PRESTON TO DUBLIN... EATONTON AND WASHINGTON. THIS AREA INCLUDES METROPOLITAN ATLANTA... ATHENS AND MACON. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IS STREAMING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. EVERYONE IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER SHOULD DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 51 min |
| Oct 27, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Heard | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston, Macon | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Fulton | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Taylor | 51 min |
| Oct 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Peach | 35 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.