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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 30, 1995Jefferson County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 2:38 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1995, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1131 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 301839
SVRATL
GAC163-167-303-301915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
238 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY
   ...EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 235 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HARRISON IN SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE TOWN OF WADDLEY IN SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 20 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.
 
 
 


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, May 30, 11:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
GAZ005>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-311200-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1140 AM EDT TUE MAY 30 1995

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. NONE
ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

A COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA THIS
MORNING IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TO NEAR AN
ATLANTA TO ATHENS LINE THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOME STATIONARY.

WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE STATE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIUGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANGEMENT PERSONNEL IN
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

...........................NOTE..........................................
BEGINNING JUNE 1ST... THE NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM
OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ONLY ON DAYS WHEN( THERE IS A RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER. THE DAILY ISSUANCE OF THE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
WILL RESUME MARCH 1ST 1996.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Washington36 min
May 30, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven45 min
May 30, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Treutlen, Wheeler43 min
May 30, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery43 min
May 30, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel44 min
May 30, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJenkins53 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.