Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 7:14 PM EST for Macon County, Marion County, Schley County, Georgia. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 1995, 7:14 PM EST (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 1995, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Schley County, GA
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 290016 RRA SVRCSG GAC193-197-249-259-290115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 714 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA ...MACON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...SCHLEY COUNTY ...STEWART COUNTY AT 713 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THIS PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA. 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, 4:09 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-028-034-505-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011- 013-282315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 410 PM EST (310 PM CST) SAT JAN 28 1995 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTEND FROM WAYCROSS GEORGIA TO SOUTH OF BLOUNTSTOWN FLORIDA. ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE APALACHEE BAY AND THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. ALL OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 TO 40 MPH. THE STORMS OVER THE APALACHEE BAY ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. PERSONS RESIDING IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS REPORTS IN ORDER TO STAY UP TO DATE CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 4:55 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ014-015-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 455 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 455 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE GULF 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES EAST TO 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD REMAIN 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, 5:04 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
FLZ014-015-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 455 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 455 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE GULF 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 90 MILES EAST TO 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD REMAIN 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, 6:04 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
FLZ016-017-018-019-026-027-028-034-505-GAZ155-156-157-158-159-FLZ011- 013-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 604 PM EST (504 PM CST) SAT JAN 28 1995 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE APALACHEE BAY AND NORTHEAST GULF WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND INTO SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY AND MOST OF DIXIE COUNTY OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVE ONSHORE BETWEEN PERRY AND CROSS CITY FLORIDA. IN ADDITION MARINERS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATLEY SHOULD ADVERSE WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. SCATTERED STORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN DEVELOPING FROM EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA TO SOUHTWESTERN ALABAMA...AND THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS IN THE TRI-STATE REGION STILL REMAINS FOR THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:55 PM EST, 19 minutes before
FLZ014-015-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 655 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 655 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE GULF 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 100 MILES EAST TO 125 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD REMAIN 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, 7:03 PM EST, 11 minutes before
FLZ014-015-290200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 655 PM EST SAT JAN 28 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM EST... AT 655 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE GULF 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 100 MILES EAST TO 125 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST FOR FURTHER UPDATESB 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, 7:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Stewart | 61 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.