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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 6, 1995Crawford County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 5:56 PM EST for Crawford County, Georgia. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 7:00 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1995-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 556 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
556 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
561 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 KMCN 062257 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC021-079-153-070000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
556 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BIBB COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 552 PM RADAR SHOWED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF
THE MID-STATE. ONE STORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROBERTA IN CRAWFORD
COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE IN MACON BY 630 PM EST.
ANOTHER JUST ENTERING SOUTHWEST HOUSTON COUNTY FROM CRISP COUNTY WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. WILL BE NEAR WARNER ROBINS NY 630 PM
EST.
 
BOTH STORMS CONTAIN HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCEH TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 5:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston64 min

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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.