Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 5:49 PM EST for Banks County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 5:49 PM EST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Banks County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 TTAA00 KAHN 162254 COR SVRAHN GAC011-162330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 549 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ...BANKS COUNTY AT 550 PM EST...ATHENS RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BANKS COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. 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.
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, 3:25 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
GAZ005-006-007-011-012-013-019-020-021-022-030-031-032-033-034- 041-042-043-044-045-046-052-053-054-055-056-057-058-066-067-068- 069-070-162115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 320 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 AT 215 PM EST A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA. SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM TOCCOA TO MARIETTA TO BREMAN GEORGIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRESISED OVER THE AREA FOR THE PAST 6 HOURS. STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 3:45 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 345 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TO THE NORTH OF A LINMING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE TO TOCCOA GEORGIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH DAHLONEGA INTENSE LIGHTNING WAS OBSERVED WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AS ELECTRICITY WAS TEMPORARILY KNOCKED OUT. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN PASSING THROUGH HABERSHAM COUNTY PROMPTED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING AS STREAMS WERE ALREADY SWOLLEN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. BE ALERT TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA OR IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...WATCHES OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 3:47 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 345 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO ATHENS TO ELBERTON. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA CITIES OF ATHENS ...GAINESVILLE...BLAIRSVILLE...CLAYTON AND HARTWELL... AT 340 PM EST...ATHENS RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FORMING ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA FROM NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE TO TOCCOA GEORGIA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH DAHLONEGA INTENSE LIGHTNING WAS OBSERVED WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AS ELECTRICITY WAS TEMPORARILY KNOCKED OUT. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN PASSING THROUGH HABERSHAM COUNTY PROMPTED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING AS STREAMS WERE ALREADY SWOLLEN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. BE ALERT TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA OR IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TfELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...WATCHES OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:50 PM EST, 59 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-162300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 450 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM AND FOR UNION COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO MONTICELLO TO APPLING. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA CITIES OF ATHENS...MADISON...UNION POINT...CRAWFORDVILLE...MONROE...CLAYTON...HARTWELL...BLAIRSVILLE AND DAHLONEGA... AT 445 PM EST...ATHENS RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN. UNION AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES CONTINUE TO REPORT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA NEAR DOUGLASVILLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO A STREAM OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 50 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE..RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE RAIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:55 PM EST, 54 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-162300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 450 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HABERSHAM COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM AND FOR UNION COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM EST... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO MONTICELLO TO APPLING. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA CITIES OF ATHENS...MADISON...UNION POINT...CRAWFORDVILLE...MONROE...CLAYTON...HARTWELL...BLAIRSVILLE AND DAHLONEGA... AT 445 PM EST...ATHENS RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN. UNION AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES CONTINUE TO REPORT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA NEAR DOUGLASVILLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO A STREAM OR IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST 50 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE..RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE RAIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HO.UR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 5:48 PM EST, 1 minute before
GAZ059-060-083-084-095-096-105>109-170050- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 548 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JASPER AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING... AT 545 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JEFFERSONVILLE IN TWIGGS COUNTY AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO VIENNA IN DOOLY COUNTY TO NEAR AMERICUS IN SUMTER COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA N THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS CITY STREETS. ALSO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD OVERFLOW. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
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, 7:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 43 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, 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.