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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 28, 1995Dawson County, Forsyth County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 7:02 PM EDT for Dawson County, Forsyth County, Georgia. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, GA, Forsyth County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1053 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 282303
SVRATL
GAC085-117-282345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
702 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY...NORTHERN FORSYTH COUNTY
 
AT 702 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE DAWSON
FORSYTH COUNTY LINE NEAR SILVER CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 10 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWalton51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.