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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 1995Crawford County, Taylor County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 2:13 PM EDT for Crawford County, Taylor County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, GA, Taylor County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1387 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 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 101814 RRA
SVRATL
GAC079-269-101900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
213 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 212 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR REYNOLDS GEORGIA IN
EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE
MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 230 PM.
 
 
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

Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:55 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

COUNTY.....   WHITFIELD
SOURCE.....   SHERIFF OFFICE
TIME.......   130 PM
LOCATION...   ALONG HWY 41
TYPE.......   THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....   SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADS.  TREE ON HOUSE IN
              DALTON GA.
Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:58 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
155 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

COUNTY.....   WHITFIELD
SOURCE.....   SHERIFF OFFICE
TIME.......   130 PM
LOCATION...   ALONG HWY 41
TYPE.......   THUNDERSTORM WINDS
DAMAGE.....   SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADS.  TREE ON HOUSE IN
              DALTON GA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhitfield37 min
Jun 10, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray42 min
Jun 10, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDooly, Macon48 min
Jun 10, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Peach43 min
Jun 10, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston44 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones, Monroe44 min
Jun 10, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb69 min
Jun 10, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWhite42 min
Jun 10, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Taylor49 min
Jun 10, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether49 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham58 min
Jun 10, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJones46 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham40 min
Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPutnam46 min
Jun 10, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett53 min
Jun 10, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHenry44 min
Jun 10, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Meriwether50 min
Jun 10, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFayette47 min
Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Fayette, Fulton46 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.