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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 1995Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1995, 4:55 PM EDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1995, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, GA, Madison County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1995-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1995-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
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

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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

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 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, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

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

240 PM    5E MU0RRAYVILLE          GA     DIME SIZED HAIL.
          HALL

245 PM    3NW MURRAYVILLE         GA     DIME SIZED HAIL.
          LUMPKIN
Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

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

240 PM    5E MURRAYVILLE          GA     DIME SIZED HAIL.
          HALL

245 PM    3NW MURRAYVILLE         GA     DIME SIZED HAIL.
          LUMPKIN
Local storm report, Jun 17, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

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

329 PM    FAIRMhOUNT               GA     DIME SIZED HAIL.
          GORDON
Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:17 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

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

400 PM    MARIE|TTA                GA     DIME SIZED HAIL.
          COBB
Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:20 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
420 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

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

400 PM    MARIETTA                GA     DIME SIZED HAIL.
          COBB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTowns42 min
Jun 17, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin, Union48 min
Jun 17, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Hall, Lumpkin53 min
Jun 17, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGilmer, Pickens45 min
Jun 17, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin, Union33 min
Jun 17, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Gordon54 min
Jun 17, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Stephens32 min
Jun 17, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMurray50 min
Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd, Gordon40 min
Jun 17, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb27 min
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFloyd48 min
Jun 17, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Paulding46 min
Jun 17, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGwinnett49 min
Jun 17, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCElbert38 min
Jun 17, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDeKalb51 min
Jun 17, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCOglethorpe45 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.