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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 1995Marion County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 7:01 PM EDT for Marion County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1995, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1995-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 858 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 1995-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 242305 RRA
SVRATL
GAC197-242330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
701 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 7 PM EDT THE PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER DRANEVILLE. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
 
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 24, 1:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-241830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
FOR HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
125 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995

AT 120 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STRONGEST
OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST HABERSHAM COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO MACON.
THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF
THOMASTON.
MOVEMENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-241830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
125 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995

AT 120 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STRONGEST
OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST HABERSHAM COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 1x0 MILES PER HOUR.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO MACON.
THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF
THOMASTON.
MOVEMENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:35 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-241830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
FOR HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
125 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995

AT 120 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE STRONGEST
OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST HABERSHAM COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM JACKSON TO THOMASTON TO MACON.
THE STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF
THOMASTON.
MOVEMENT COULD NO|T BE DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-242025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
210 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE
MOVED INTO NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL
HOWEVER FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-242025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
210 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAVE
MOVED INTO NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL
HOWEVER FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHall38 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.