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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 18, 1995Fannin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 9:26 PM EDT for Fannin County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Fannin County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1579 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 190124
SVRATL
GAC111-190215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
926 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...WESTERN FANNIN COUNTY
 
AT 920 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
CRANDALL IN MURRAY COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM WILL
MOVE INTO FANNIN COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. THIS STORM WAS
ACCOMPANIED BY DIME SIZE HALL IN DALTON.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalker25 min
May 18, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray, Whitfield53 min
May 19, 12:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens41 min
May 19, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven43 min
May 19, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBen Hill, Irwin, Turner59 min
May 19, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon50 min
May 19, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston48 min
May 19, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven65 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.