Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 9:03 PM EST for Troup County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 9:03 PM EST (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Troup County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 170205 RRA SVRATL GAC285-170245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 903 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...TROUP COUNTY AT 900 PM EST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PEACHTREE CITY WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LYNETTE IN CHAMBERS COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH TOWARDS TROUP COUNTY. 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. 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. ROSS
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, Feb 16, 8:15 PM EST, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 813 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 COUNTY...... COWETA SOURCE...... COWETA CO 911 TIME........ 708 PM LOCATION.... SHARPSBURG TYPE STORM.. SEVERE THU|NDERSTORM WEATHER..... HAIL...DIME SIZE DAMAGE...... NA AT THIS TIME
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 8:18 PM EST, 45 minutes before
GAZALL-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 818 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 AT 8:10 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE INDICATING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LA GRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH GRIFFIN IN SPALDING COUNTY TO MONROE IN WALTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS CAUSING SOME STREET FLOODING. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN GRIFFIN. AROUND 7 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN COWETA COUNTY NEAR SHARPSBURG. NORTH OF THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF LIGHT TO OCCASSIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURRING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. ROSS &
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 8:39 PM EST, 24 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094-095-170340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 839 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM... AT 830 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF LAGRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY EAST TO GRIFFIN AND ON TO MONTICELLO IN JASPER COUNTY. MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. A CHECK WITH THE JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATES EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL..DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH ARE ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS. RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS STREETS IS POSSIBLE. ALSO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY OVERFLOW. PERSON LIVING IN OR NEAR FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. ALSO MOTORIST ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CARE IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREET OR ROADS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 8:44 PM EST, 19 minutes before
GAZ059-060-071>073-081>084-094-095-170340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 839 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM... AT 830 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF LAGRANGE IN TROUP COUNTY EAST TO GRIFFIN AND ON TO MONTICELLO IN JASPER COUNTY. MOVMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. A CHECK WITH THE JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATES EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL..DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH ARE ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS. RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS STREETS IS POSSIBLE. ALSO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY OVERFLOW. PERSON LIVING IN OR NEAR FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAINd ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. ALSO MOTORIST ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CARE IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREET OR ROADS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 8:45 PM EST, 18 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 845 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 100 AM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 845 PM EST ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUGUSTA WESTWARD TO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PASS THROUGH GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THESE STORMS MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA. ELSEWHERE...RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUGUSTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 8:47 PM EST, 16 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 845 PM EST THU FEB 16 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 100 AM EST... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... AT 845 PM EST ATHENS RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUGUSTA WESTWARD TO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PASS THROUGH GREENE AND TALIAFERRO COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THESE STORMS MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA. ELSEWHERE...RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. nTHE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUGUSTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 50 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.