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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 29, 1995Jackson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1995, 8:23 PM EDT for Jackson County, Georgia. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1995, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.4 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 300024 RRA
SVRATL
GAC157-300115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
823 PM EDT THU JUN 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 822 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COMMERCE MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE
LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES...HAIL AND GUSTY WUNDS TO 45
MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLumpkin66 min
Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Pickens47 min
Jun 30, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBartow, Cobb, Paulding42 min
Jun 30, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp53 min
Jun 30, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Fulton48 min

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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.