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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 21, 1995Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 212130 RRA
SVRATL
GAC303-212215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTH WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM EDT...PEACHTREE CITY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTH OF SANDERSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 8 MPH. THE STORM WILL
ENTER THE HAMBURG STATE PARK AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
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

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-212200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
445 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AT 435 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN
COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WOULD BRING THE STORM ACROSS FRANKLIN AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE
OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN OR NEAR THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED
ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA...EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE IN CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR EXCEPT MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:48 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-212200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
445 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

AT 435 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN
COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOCCOA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WOULD BRING THE STORM ACROSS FRANKLIN AND
STEPHENS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE
OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN OR NEAR THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED
ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA...EAST TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE IN CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR EXCEPT MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin48 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.