Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 7:29 PM EST for Harris County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 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 KCSG 070032 RRA SVRCSG GAC145-070100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 729 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...HARRIS COUNTY AT 725 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS. HAIL OF 1-INCH DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 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.
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 6, 5:17 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
FLZ011-062320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 518 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...INTENSE STORM APPROACHING JACKSON COUNTY... A PERSISTENT INTENSE STORM WILL MOVE INTO JACKbSON COUNTY FLORIDA BY 430 PM CST. THE STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN COTTONDALE AND MARIANNA. THE STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL OVER PARTS OF BAY COUNTY EARLIER. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:18 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
FLZ011-062320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 518 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...INTENSE STORM APPROACHING JACKSON COUNTY... A PERSISTENT INTENSE STORM WILL MOVE INTO JACKSON COUNTY FLORIDA BY 430 PM CST. THE STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN COTTONDALE AND MARIANNA. THE STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZED HAIL OVER PARTS OF BAY COUNTY EARLIER. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:26 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ014-015-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 526 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 AT 526 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COASTAL GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES BY 600 PM EST. WHILE A THUNDERSTORM IS OCCURING SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS SHOLUD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ALL FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 5:49 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
FLZ014-015-062345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 526 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 AT 526 PM EST...THE APALACHICOLA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COASTAL GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES BY 600 PM EST. WHILE A THUNDERSTORM IS OCCURING SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BOATERS SHOLUD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ALL FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 6:37 PM EST, 52 minutes before
FLZ027-070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 637 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 A SMALL BUT INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM EASTERN FRANKIN COUNTY INTO SOUTHWESTERN WAKALLA COUNTY TO NEAR SOPCHOPPY BY 6:50 PM AND INTO THE CRAWFORDVILLE AREA AFTER 700 PM EST. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH... BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 7:20 PM EST, 9 minutes before
FLZ014-015-070315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 720 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE APALACHICOLA RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE INTO GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE VERY STRONG WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS... DEADLY LIGHTINING...SMALL HAIL...AND A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT OR TORNADO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BULIDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE COUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...NEVER UNDER A TREE. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR ALL UPDATES AND WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Talbot, Taylor | 50 min |
| Jan 6, 9:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Stewart | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Stewart | 40 min |
| Jan 6, 10:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Stewart | 27 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.