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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 24, 1995Hall County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1995, 7:52 PM EDT for Hall County, Georgia. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1995, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Hall County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 242353 RRA
SVRATL
GAC139-250030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
752 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN HALL COUNTY
 
AT 748 PM EDT THE PEACHTREE CITY WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF GAINESVILLE. A FIREMAN IN NORTHERN
HALL COUNTY REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AT 746 PM EDT.
THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAI
L...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.
 
 
 
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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 24, 2:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 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, 5 hours 39 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, 7:42 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
GAZ121>126-142>145-250145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
742 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995

AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD
MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN THE CITIES OF EUFAULA AND COLQUITT
OF MILLER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS
EVENING AS SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:45 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
GAZ121>126-142>145-250145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
742 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 1995

AT 740 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD
MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA BETWEEN THE CITIES OF EUFAULA AND COLQUITT
OF MILLER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS
EVENING AS SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.