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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 19, 1995Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Turner County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1995, 1:46 PM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Turner County, Georgia. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1995, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1995, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Turner County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2673 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
2673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCN 191748
SVRMCN
GAC017-155-287-191845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
146 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BEN HILL COUNTY...IRWIN COUNTY...TURNER COUNTY
 
AT 1245 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN TURNER COUNTY. THIS STORM
PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE CITY OF ALBANY. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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 18, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin49 min
May 19, 12:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens41 min
May 19, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven43 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.