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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 19, 1995Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1995, 5:11 PM EST for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 1995, 5:11 PM EST (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 1995, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Elbert County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 434 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KAHN 192211 RRA
SVRAHN
GAC105-119-147-195-192300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
511 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...ELBERT COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...HART COUNTY
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 505 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN
FRANKLIN AND WESTERN MADISON COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD BE MOVING OVER DANIELSVILLE
...ROYSTON...AND HARTWELL DRING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.
 
 
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 19, 1:18 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

GAZ001>065-068-070>077-081>088-094-095-097>101-112>116-118-137-

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
300 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995

RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
FROM BLUE RIDGE SOUTH TO 10 MILES WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE.
HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WEST ATLANTA AREA DURING THE PAST
15 MINUTES.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:01 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
300 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995

RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
FROM BLUE RIDGE SOUTH TO 10 MILES WEST OF LAWRENCEVILLE.
HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE WEST ATLANTA AREA DURING THE PAST
15 MINUTES.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
340 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995

RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
FROM BLAIRSVILLE SOUTH THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE TO CONYERS. SOME
SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA
AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THERE. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR DAWSONVILLE AND
10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

A FEW SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA.

STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
340 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995

RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
FROM BLAIRSVILLE SOUTH THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE TO CONYERS. SOME
SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA
AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THERE. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR DAWSONVILLE AND
10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE
NE\XT COUPLE OF HOURS.

A FEW SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA.

STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:43 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

GAZ008>010-014>018-023>029-035>038-047>051-192130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
340 PM EST THU JAN 19 1995

RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
FROM BLAIRSVILLE SOUTH THROUGH LAWRENCEVILLE TO CONYERS. SOME
SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA
AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THERE. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR DAWSONVILLE AND
10 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THEb
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

A FEW SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA.

STAY ALERT FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 2:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb, Fulton	40 min
Jan 19, 4:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, White	28 min
Jan 19, 4:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Banks, Habersham, Hall	66 min
Jan 19, 4:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Stephens	66 min
Jan 19, 4:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	FFC	Banks	27 min
Jan 19, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Franklin, Hart, Madison	49 min
Jan 19, 5:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe	46 min
Jan 19, 6:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Elbert	28 min
Jan 19, 6:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Wilkes	21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995 Every 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.