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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 9, 1995Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2123 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 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
2123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 
WUUS1 KATL 092231 RRA
SVRATL
GAC195-092315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
631 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 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 NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF SANDY CROSS. THIS
STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN NORTHERN
MADISON COUNTY BY 640 PM. IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME-SIZED HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL 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, Jun 9, 5:37 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
GAZ124-092240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
539 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 531 EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN TERRELL COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF DAWSON
GEORGIA.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE "STRONGER STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:39 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
GAZ124-092240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
539 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...

AT 531 EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN TERRELL COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF DAWSON
GEORGIA.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCStephens44 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFranklin61 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.