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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 10, 1995Coweta County, Meriwether County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1995, 6:55 PM EDT for Coweta County, Meriwether County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 1995, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Coweta County, GA, Meriwether County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 28 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 102256 RRA
SVRATL
GAC077-199-102345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
655 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...COWETA COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MERIWETHER COUNTY
 
AT 655 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 9
MILES NORTH OF NEWNAN OVER THE COMMUNITY OF ROSCOE AND 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE OVER THE COMMUNITY OF LONE OAK. THESE STORMS
WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 4:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
436 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME(EST)     CITY      STATE     EVENT/REMARKS
DATE         COUNTY

240 PM      SMITHVILLE    GA      SEVERAL LARGE T.REES BLOWN DOWN
06/10/95       LEE                JUST SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE
                                  SOURCE...LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
435 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL
ARE LOCATED IN WHITE AND HALL COUNTIES AND ARE GOING TO BE IN
HABERSHAM AND STEPHENS COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA. SO PEOPLE IN HART AND ELBERT COUNTIES
SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
INDICATED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
JUST EAST OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA ANND ALSO IN PICKENS COUNTY SOUTH
CAROLINA.
MOVEMEMT WAS TO THE EAAT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME         COUNTY       EVENT

520 PM      PUTNAM       NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EATONTON BY
                         POLICE DPT.

Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

TIME         COUNTY       EVENT

520 PM      PUTNAM       NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN EATONTON BY
                         POLICE DPT.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
530 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. SOME STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD IN WHITE...HALL
...AND BANKS COUNTIES.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
INDICATED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
JUST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA AND JUST NORTH OF GREENVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA.

MOVEMEMT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-102000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
530 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HABERSHAM COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. SOME STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO BUILD IN WHITE...HALL
...AND BANKS COUNTIES.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
INDICATED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
JUST NORTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA AND JUST NORTH  OF GREENVILLE
SOUTH CAROLINA.

MOVEMEMT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Whitfield	37 min
Jun 10, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray	42 min
Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Taylor	47 min
Jun 10, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dooly, Macon	48 min
Jun 10, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford, Peach	43 min
Jun 10, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Houston	44 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones, Monroe	44 min
Jun 10, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb	69 min
Jun 10, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	White	42 min
Jun 10, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Talbot, Taylor	49 min
Jun 10, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	49 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Habersham	58 min
Jun 10, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jones	46 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Habersham	40 min
Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Putnam	46 min
Jun 10, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	53 min
Jun 10, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Henry	44 min
Jun 10, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fayette	47 min
Jun 10, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Clayton, Fayette, Fulton	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.