Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1995, 9:25 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1995, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1995, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 945 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KATL 240127 SVRATL GAC141-301-240215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 925 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 923 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF SPARTA GEORGIA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MAYFIELD...POWELTON...NORWOOD...AND WARRENTON. 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, Apr 23, 6:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
GAZ076-085-086-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 610 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #260 FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: JEFFERSON JOHNSON EMANUEL THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BECOME MORE STABLE OVER THE THE LAST FEW HOURS. THUS THE WATCH WAS CANCELED SINCE THE THREAT OF SEVERE HAS PASSED FOR NOW.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120>126-142>145-240055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 650 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.. AT 645 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUSKEGEE IN EAST ALABAMA. MORE STORMS WERE TO THE NORTHWEST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA AND A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT 20 SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN EAST ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS EVENING FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PnATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 8:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 812 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 261 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 200 AM EDT INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF STEPHENS... HART...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES... AT 810 PM ATHENS RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR OGLETHORPE COUNTY AS THAT STORM NEAR LEXINGTON. PEOPLE IN ELBERT COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL AS THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 8:41 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120>123-142-240245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 840 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 835 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BARBOUR COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA SHORTLY. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LAGRANGE TO NEAR MONTGOMERY AND ON INTO SOUTHCENTRAL ALABAMA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Apr 23, 8:59 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY 900 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 COUNTY....... TROUP COUNTY SOURCE....... SHERIFF TIME......... 750 PM EDT LOCATION..... HWY 109...10 NW OF LA G*RANGE WEATHER...... GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL. COUNTY....... BUTTS COUNTY SOURCE....... SHERIFF TIME......... 755 PM LOCATION..... FLOVILLA...5 SE OF JACKSON. WEATHER...... QUARTER-SIZED HAIL.
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 9:11 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 910 PM EDT SUN APR 23 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 261 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA UNTIL 2 AM EDT INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF STEPHENS... HART...FRANKLIN...HABERSHAM AND RABUN COUNTIES... AT 912 PM ATHENS RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY AND NORTH OF SPARTA GEORGIA. ELSEWHERE...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE INTO EASTERN ALABAMA SOUTH OF ANNISTON. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH GEORGIA AND NEJIGHBORING STATES. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 48 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.