Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 361, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1995, 2:55 PM EST for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 1995, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1995, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 50 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 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 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 071954 RRA SVRATL GAC081-072045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 255 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...CRISP COUNTY AT 253 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE 10 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CORDELE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 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 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, Nov 7, 10:00 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-080000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1100 AM EDT TUE NOV 7 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE AREA OF GREATEST THREAT IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO MACON TO SWAINSBORO. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TO THE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AS FAR NORTH AS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INDICATE THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. JRN
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 10:59 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 091>098-103>113-080000- NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1100 AM EDT TUE NOV 7 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE AREA OF GREATEST THREAT IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO MACON TO SWAINSBORO. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TO THE COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. A MOIST AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AS FAR NORTH AS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INDICATE THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND POS&SIBLE TORNADOES. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. JRN
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 2:09 PM EST, 46 minutes before
GAZ032-033-034-045-072115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 209 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE SHARPLY OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA... HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER AN AREA FROM CEDARTOWN AND ROME EAST TO ATLANTA. TWENTY-FOUR HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RANGED FROM 2.6 INCHES AT CEDARTOWN TO 1.75 INCHES IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS HAVE OCCURRED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON BIG CEDAR CREEK AT CEDARTOWN HAD RISEN TO 7.8 FEET OR AN INCREASE OF 4 FEET SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING. AS THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO EMPTY INTO BIG CEDAR...IT SHOULD CREST NEAR 12 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE IS 15 FEET. HOWEVER IF AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS AFTERNOON...BIG CEDAR COULD RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE. IN THE ATLANTA AREA...THE SMALL CREEKS IN NORTH FULTON..COBB..DEKALB.. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES HAVE RISEN SHARPLY. AT 1 PM THE STAGE AT BIG CREEK AT ALPHARETTA WAS 6.6 FEET OR JUST BANKFULL WHILE ON SUWANNEE CREEK IN NORTH GWINNETT THE 5.7 FEET. BANKFULL IS 7 FEET. AT PEACHTREE CREEK THE READING AT 1 PM WAS 8.3 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. SINCE OVER 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN BISTY GRANT PARK AND PEACHTREE DEKALB AIRPORT...PEACHTREE CREEK WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 11 AND 12 FEET BY AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IF AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES WERE TO FALL... THE CREEK RISE SEVERAL MORE FEET BY THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 2:12 PM EST, 43 minutes before
GAZ032-033-034-045-072115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 209 PM EST TUE NOV 7 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE SHARPLY OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA... HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER AN AREA FROM CEDARTOWN AND ROME EAST TO ATLANTA. TWENTY-FOUR HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RANGED FROM 2.6 INCHES AT CEDARTOWN TO 1.75 INCHES IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS HAVE OCCURRED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON BIG CEDAR CREEK AT CEDARTOWN HAD RISEN TO 7.8 FEET OR AN INCREASE OF 4 FEET SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING. AS THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO EMPTY INTO BIG CEDAR...IT SHOULD CREST NEAR 12 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE IS 15 FEET. HOWEVER IF AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS AFTERNOON...BIG CEDAR COULD RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE. IN THE ATLANTA AREA...THE SMALL CREEKS IN NORTH FULTON..COBB..DEKALB.. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES HAVE RISEN SHARPLY. AT 1 PM THE STAGE AT BIG CREEK AT ALPHARETTA WAS 6.6 FEET OR JUST BANKFULL WHILE ON SUWANNEE CREEK IN NORTH GWINNETT THE 5.7 FEET. BANKFULL IS 7 FEET. AT PEACHTREE CREEK THE READING AT 1 PM WAS 8.3 FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. SINCE OVER 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN BISTY GRANT PARK AND PEACHTREE DEKALB AIRPORT...PEACHTREE CREEK WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 11 ANjD 12 FEET BY AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IF AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES WERE TO FALL... THE CREEK RISE SEVERAL MORE FEET BY THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 43 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.