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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 1995Baldwin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 3:42 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 506 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 211945 RRA
SVRATL
GAC009-212030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
342 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF MILLEDGEVILLE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE PASSING NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington48 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.