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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Atlanta, GA

May 31, 1995Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 6:13 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 1995, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1995-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 1995-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 
TTAA00 KATL 312216
SVRATL
GAC303-312315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 610 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY WEST OF SANDERSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SANDERSVILLE BY 630 PM EDT.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR EnLECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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 31, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
GAZ102-120-122-312210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
505 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995

AT 458 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN QUITMAN COUNTY
NEAR THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT STEWART AND NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:12 PM EDT, 1 minute before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-312310-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
608 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1995

AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN RUSSELL COUNTY ALABAMA.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGTHNING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS
METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin, Wilkinson37 min
May 31, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock37 min
May 31, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven51 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.