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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 17, 1995Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1995, 6:02 PM EDT for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 1995, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1995, 6:40 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Elbert County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 KAHN 172203 RRA
SVRAHN
GAC105-172245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
602 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ATHENS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY
 
...AT 6 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
ELBERT COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS 4PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 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

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:03 PM EDT, 59 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....

450 PM    ARMUCHEE               GA         DIME-SIZE HAIL
          FLOYD

456 PM    POCATALIGO              GA        1 INCH HAIL
          MADISON

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:04 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
503 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1995

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

450 PM    ARMUCHEE               GA         DIME-SIZE HAIL
          FLOYD

456 PM    POCATALIGO              GA        1 INCH HAIL
          MADISON

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:29 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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

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

500 PM    LINDALE                GA         DIME-SIZE HAIL
          FLOYD

525 PM    KINGSTON               GA        DIME-SIZE HAIL
          BARTOW

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:33 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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

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

500 PM    HIRAM                  GA         DIME-SIZE HAIL
          PAULDING

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:35 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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

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

500 PM    HIRAM                  GA         DIME-SIZE HAIL
          PAULDING

 KINGSTON               GA        DIME-SIZE HAIL
          BARTOW

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, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Hall, Lumpkin	53 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, 6:24 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.