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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 1995Dawson County, Hall County, Lumpkin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1995, 2:37 PM EDT for Dawson County, Hall County, Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 1995, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, GA, Hall County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -8 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 KATL 171838 RRA
SVRATL
GAC139-187-085-171930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
237 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY...SOUTHERN LUMPKIN COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY
 
AT 235 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
DAHLONEGA ON THE EXTREME NORTH END OF LAKE LANIER MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5
TO 10 MPH. PREVIOUS STORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL.
 
 
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 17, 1:45 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
145 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

133 PM    VOGEL STATE PARK        GA     DIME SIZE HAIL. COVERED
          UNION                          THE GROUND. STATE PARK
                                         RANGER

Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:48 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
145 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

133 PM    VOGEL STATE PARK        GA     DIME SIZE HAIL. COVERED
          UNION                          THE GROUND. STATE PARK
                                         RANGER

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:20 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
225 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

210 PM    5S BLAIRSVILLE          GA     DIME SIZED HAIL COVERED
          UNION                          THE GROUND.

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-171900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

...MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST
   CORNER OF GEORGIA...

AT 230 EDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AROUND LAKE TOXAWAY AND OVER NORTHWEST
SOUTH CAROLINA JUST NORTH AND WEST OF WALHALLA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING
RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES. THESES THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND
SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASSED OVER YOUR AREA.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
CONTINUED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MOUNTAIN AREAS OF NORTH GEORGIA
AND ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF JASPER AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAHLONEGA
GEORGIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

201 PM    10S BLAIRSVILLE         GA     DIME SIZED HAIL COVERED
          UNION                          THE GROUND.

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
235 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

201 PM    10S B$LAIRSVILLE         GA     DIME SIZED HAIL COVERED
          UNION                          THE GROUND.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Towns	42 min
Jun 17, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lumpkin, Union	48 min
Jun 17, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gilmer, Pickens	45 min
Jun 17, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin, Union	33 min
Jun 17, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bartow, Gordon	54 min
Jun 17, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Habersham, Stephens	32 min
Jun 17, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Murray	50 min
Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd, Gordon	40 min
Jun 17, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Cobb	27 min
Jun 17, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Jackson, Madison	65 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Floyd	48 min
Jun 17, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Paulding	46 min
Jun 17, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Gwinnett	49 min
Jun 17, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Elbert	38 min
Jun 17, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	DeKalb	51 min
Jun 17, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Oglethorpe	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.