Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 12:46 PM EST for Decatur County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 12:46 PM EST (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Decatur County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 KTLH 281745 RRA SVRTLH GAC087-281815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1246 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA ...DECATUR COUNTY AT 1243 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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, 10:49 AM EST, 1 hour 57 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 44 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 16 minutes 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, 54 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, 53 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, 12:41 PM EST, 5 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-028-034-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011- 013-281945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1242 PM EST (1142 AM CST) SAT JAN 28 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA... AT 1235 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF GRADY AND THOMAS COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 1230 PM CST.
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 | Colquitt, Cook | 60 min |
| Jan 28, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 60 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 |
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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.