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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 30, 1995Screven County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 2:45 PM EDT for Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1995, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Screven County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 980 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
980 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAGS 301850
SVRAGS
GAC251-301930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUGUSTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN SCREVEN COUNTY
 
A PAIR OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN SCREVEN
COUTNY , GEORGIA AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL. NEWINGTON,
GA. IS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
 
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.

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, 3 hours 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, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson, Johnson, Washington37 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.