Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 1:31 PM EST for Thomas County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 1:31 PM EST (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thomas County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, 11:53 AM EST, 1 hour 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, 12:41 PM EST, 50 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.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 12:55 PM EST, 36 minutes before
FLZ014-015-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1255 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM EST... AT 1255 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORIGA AND IN THE GULF 100 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 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 AFTERNOON AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 1:02 PM EST, 29 minutes before
SPSAQQ-015-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1255 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM EST... AT 1255 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORIGA AND IN THE GULF 100 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 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 O0R YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 1:04 PM EST, 27 minutes before
FLZ014-015-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1255 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM EST... AT 1255 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORIGA AND IN THE GULF 100 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 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 RAD8IO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 1:08 PM EST, 23 minutes before
FLZ014-015-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 1255 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM EST... AT 1255 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORIGA AND IN THE GULF 100 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 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 AFTERNOON AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RTADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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, 12:30 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, 1:39 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.