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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 28, 1995Dodge County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 10:33 AM EST for Dodge County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 10:33 AM EST (15:33 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 11:15 AM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1995-01-28Temperature 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 1995-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 377 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 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 281535 RRA
SVRMCN
GAC091-281615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MACON GA
1033 AM EST SAT JAN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MACON GA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY
 
AT 1033 AM RADAR IN MACON SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF
RHINE.  MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.
 
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 SdTORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 9:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp45 min
Jan 28, 10:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCIrwin54 min
Jan 28, 4:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMeriwether29 min
Jan 28, 5:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGreene41 min
Jan 28, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTaliaferro31 min
Jan 28, 6:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWarren31 min
Jan 28, 6:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston65 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.