Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 2:50 PM EDT for Marion County, Schley County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1995, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA, Taylor County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- -281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 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 111852 RRA SVRATL GAC197-249-269-111930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 250 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MARION COUNTY...SCHLEY COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CUSSETA GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR DETECTED THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM. 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 INTERIOlR 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, Apr 11, 12:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-121-111840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1237 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995 .....A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT..... AT 1235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SCqG A MUCH STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. RAINFALL TOTALS COULD BE AS MUCH AS ONE INCH SUNDAY. GRAF/WEATHER FORECASTG SOUTHWARD TO MIDWAY AND THEN TO ABBEVILLE ALABAMA. THIS AREA HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA SHOULD BE ENTERING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN THE HOUR. 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 12:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-121-111840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1237 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995 .....A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 189 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT..... AT 1235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WAS FROM JUST WEST OF OPELIKA ALABAMA EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO MIDWAY AND THEN TO ABBEVILLE ALABAMA. THIS AREA HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS AREA SHOULD BE ENTERING INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WITHIN THE HOUR. 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.
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GAC215-259-ALC113-111840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 135 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM.... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT... AT 135 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE WAS 10 MILES WEST OF OPELIKA ALABAMA EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AUBURN ALABAMA. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 53 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.