Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 359, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crisp County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -415 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 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 280100 RRA SVRATL GAC081-280130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 901 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY AT 9 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RAINES MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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 CONDITI ONS.
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, Oct 27, 5:01 PM EDT, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION...STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION..
456 PM 5S PERRY GA JUST S OF PERRY ON I75...GOLFBALL
10/27/95 HOUSTON CO SIZE HAIL...REP;ORTED BY SPOTTER.Local storm report, Oct 27, 5:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
501 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION...STATE...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION..
456 PM 5S PERRY GA JUST S OF PERRY ON I75...GOLFBALL
10/27/95 HOUSTON CO SIZE HAIL...REP;ORTED BY SPOTTER.Special weather statement, Oct 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
GAZ027-036-037-046>048-052>055-057-066-067-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 716 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
GAZ027-036-037-046>048-052>055-057-066-067-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 716 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 8:47 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ038-039-049>051-056-058>060-068-070-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 843 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 8:47 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ038-039-049>051-056-058>060-068-070-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 843 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 36 min |
| Oct 27, 9:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp | 25 min |
| Oct 27, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 9:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 41 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.