Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 1995, 5:51 PM EST for Montgomery County, Georgia. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1995, 5:51 PM EST (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 1995, 6:49 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCN 162251 RRA SVRMCN GAC209-170000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 551 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT 550 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 15 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 pBUSINESS. 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, Mar 16, 4:16 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
GAZ121>127-129-142>147-162320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 416 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 410 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED4 VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 4:16 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
GAZ121>127-129-142>147-162320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SOUTH-CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 416 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 410 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 4:22 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
GAZ121>127-129-142>147-162320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SOUTH-CENTRAL GA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 416 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 1000 PM EST... AT 410 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SBEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 5:36 PM EST, 15 minutes before
GAZ097-098-106-108>112-128-130-131-170040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 536 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA... AT 530 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY NEAR HAZELHURST AND IN COLQUITT COUNTY EAST OF MOULTRIE. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO NOTED IN BEN HILL AND NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 5:37 PM EST, 14 minutes before
GAZ097-098-106-108>112-128-130-131-170040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA 536 PM EST THU MAR 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA... AT 530 PM WEATHER RADAR IN MACON SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY NEAR HAZELHURST AND IN COLQUITT COUNTY EAST OF MOULTRIE. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO NOTED IN BEN HILL AND NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELXEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wheeler | 52 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.