Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 12:30 PM EST for Mitchell 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
County Mitchell County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 12:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 30 min |
| 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 | Colquitt, Cook | 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
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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.