Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 12:30 PM EST for Colquitt County, Cook County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 12:30 PM EST (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 502 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCSG 281731 RRA SVRCSG GAC071-075-205-281830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 1230 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA ...COLQUITT COUNTY...COOK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ...MITCHELL COUNTY AT 1225 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LENOX IN COOK COUNTY GEORGIA EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD TO 10 MILES WEST OF PELHAM IN MITCHELL COUNTY GEORGIA. STORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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.
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 28, 10:48 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-281850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1049 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND UNTIL 1 PM EST... AT 1045 AM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THROUGH CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM NEAR MOULTRIE...SOUTHWEST THROUGH BAINBRIDGE AND MARIANNA...TO JUST EAST OF FORT WALTON BEACH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED XTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 10:49 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-281850- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1049 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND UNTIL 1 PM EST... AT 1045 AM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THROUGH CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM NEAR MOULTRIE...SOUTHWEST THROUGH BAINBRIDGE AND MARIANNA...TO JUST EAST OF FORT WALTON BEACH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 11:02 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
FLZ014-015-281800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 110 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1 PM EST... AT 1050 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND 75 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA IN THE GULF. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD REMANIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 11:30 AM EST, 1 hour before
FLZ011-013-016>019-026>028-034-505-GAZ155>159-281935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1130 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND UNTIL 5 PM EST... AT 1125 AM EST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...THROUGH CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF MOULTRIE...BAINBRIDGE...AND MARIANNA...TO JUST WEST OF PANAMA CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SEMINOLE AND DECATUR COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND CAN EXPECT BREIF HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 11:52 AM EST, 38 minutes before
FLZ011-GAZ155-156-281755- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1153 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 AT 1150 AM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND OVER SEMINOLE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 11:53 AM EST, 37 minutes before
FLZ011-GAZ155-156-281755- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1153 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 AT 1150 AM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND OVER SEMINOLE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 8:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph | 49 min |
| Jan 28, 9:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Sumter, Terrell, Webster | 61 min |
| Jan 28, 9:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee | 44 min |
| Jan 28, 10:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift, Worth | 52 min |
| Jan 28, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 56 min |
| Jan 28, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 60 min |
| Jan 28, 12:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 29 min |
| Jan 28, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 36 min |
| Jan 28, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Thomas | 44 min |
| Jan 28, 1:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Thomas | 25 min |
| Jan 28, 2:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks | 29 min |
| Jan 28, 2:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks | 38 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.