Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 9:29 PM EST for Peach County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 9:29 PM EST (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Peach County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMCN 070330 SVRMCN GAC009-021-153-225-289-319-070300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 929 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...BALDWIN COUNTY...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY...PEACH COUNTY... ...TWIGGS COUNTY...WILKINSON COUNTY AT 925 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE AND NEAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF HADDOCK IN JONES COUNTY TO JEFFERONVILLE IN TWIGGS COUNTY TO WARNER ROBINS IN HOUSTON COUNTY TO EAST OF FORT VALLY IN PEACH COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERAL REPORTS OF LOW LYING STREET FLOODING ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORMS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND POWER LINES DOWN. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING AND AN INTERIOR ROOM AND AVOID USE OF APPLIANCES. 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 CONDITONS. $
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, Jan 6, 7:35 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
GAZ056-066>070-070135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 734 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 AT 730 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PEACHTREE CITY WAS SHOWING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM GRIFFIN TO COLUMBUS. REPORTS RECIEVED BY THE WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED THAT WINDS ALONG THIS LINE WERE GUSTING TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILS AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:03 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-070305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 803 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 756 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS MAY BREIFLY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:06 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>104-120>127-129-142>147-ALZ048-070305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 803 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 756 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THESE STORMS MAY BREIFLY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. STAY TUNEDL TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:35 PM EST, 54 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 835 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED WEST OF MADISON IN MORGAN COUNTY...SOUTH AND EAST OF ATHENS AND APPROACHING HARTWELL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SOME SLEET...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ATHENS GEORGIA RECEIVED A WIND GUST OF 40 MILES AN HOUR FROM ONE STORM AROUND 8 PM EST. FREEZING RAINS AND SLEET CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA FROM NEAR ATHENS GEORGIA EXTENDING NORTHWARDS INTO EAST TENNESSEE...WEST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT...PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION AS SOME BRIDGES AND ROADS HAVE ICE SPOTS THAT ARE PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR FORSYTH AND NEAR MONTICELLO GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:40 PM EST, 49 minutes before
GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 835 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED WEST OF MADISON IN MORGAN COUNTY...SOUTH AND EAST OF ATHENS AND APPROACHING HARTWELL GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SOME SLEET...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ATHENS GEORGIA RECEIVED A WIND GUST OF 40 MILES AN HOUR FROM ONE STORM AROUND 8 PM EST. FREEZING RAINS AND SLEET CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA FROM NEAR ATHENS GEORGIA EXTENDING NORTHWARDS INTO EAST TENNESSEE...WEST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT...PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION AS SOME BRIDGES AND ROADS HAVE ICE SPOTS THAT ARE PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR FORSYTH AND NEAR MONTICELLO GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 8:47 PM EST, 42 minutes before
GAZ072-073-081>083-070250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 847 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 AT 840 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SEVERE INTENSITY RANGING FROM SOUTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY THROUGH NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE TO JONES COUNTY NEAR HADDOCK AND GRAY THROUGH NORTH BIBB COUNTY NEAR LIZELLA TO CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF ROBERTA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME STORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAY IN JONES COUNTY TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY WIND OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS IN MONROE COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH NEAR 825 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THE STORM PROGRESS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 8:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 26 min |
| Jan 6, 9:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 61 min |
| Jan 6, 9:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Jan 6, 10:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Glascock, Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 6, 11:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 60 min |
| Jan 7, 1:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jenkins, Screven | 60 min |
| Jan 7, 2:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Screven | 63 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.