Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 7:17 AM EST for Catoosa County, Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 7:17 AM EST (12:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Catoosa County, GA, Walker County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCHA 161218 RRA SVRCHA GAC047-295-161300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHATTANOOGA TN 717 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHATTANOOGA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA ...CATOOSA COUNTY...WALKER COUNTY AT 715 AM EST...THE CHATTANOOGA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY NEAR LAFAYETTE AND IN SOUTHERN CATOOSA COUNTY NEAR RINGGOLD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 CONDITIONS.
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 16, 3:28 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-160930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 328 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO ATHENS AND ELBERTON FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF JACKSON...BANKS...MADISON...STEPHEN...FRANKLIN AND HART DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GEORGI AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 3:29 AM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-160930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 328 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO ATHENS AND ELBERTON FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF JACKSON...BANKS...MADISON...STEPHEN...FRANKLIN AND HART DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GEORGI AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:25 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-161030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 425 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO ATHENS AND ELBERTON FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF HALL...JACKSON...BANKS AND BARROW DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 5:25 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-161130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 525 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO ATHENS AND ELBERTON FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF MADISON...FRANKLIN AND HART DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS RAIN WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM ATLANTA AND AUGUSTA GEORGIA AND ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 5:26 AM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-161130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 525 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COVINGTON TO ATHENS AND ELBERTON FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES OF MADISON...FRANKLIN AND HART DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS RAIN WAS NORTH OF A LINE FDROM FROM ATLANTA AND AUGUSTA GEORGIA AND ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 6:05 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
GAZ001>003-011-019-020-030-031-041>043-161400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 605 AM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 11 AM... EARLY THIS THURSDAY MORNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH GEORGIA. HOWEVER STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH ALABAMA NEAR AND SOUTH OF HUNTSVILLE. WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED ON SOME OF THESE STORMS BY WEATHER OFFICES IN ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND THIS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE DAYBREAK. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE PREDAWN HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 7:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 8:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Clarke, Jackson | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walton | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Franklin, Hart, Madison | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Elbert, Oconee, Oglethorpe | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 51 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.