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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 1995Lumpkin County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1995, 2:39 PM EDT for Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1995, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Lumpkin County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1995-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 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 1995-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 301839 RRA
SVRATL
GAC187-301945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
239 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...LUMPKIN COUNTY
 
AT 238 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF DAHLONEGA MOVING EAST 10 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 30, 11:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091>
098-103>113-010000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1145 AM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL
PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
...PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHILE NO ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091>
098-103>113-010000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1145 AM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL
PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
...PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WHILE NO ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJackson52 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

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.