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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 1995Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT for Cobb County, Fulton County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1995, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cobb County, GA, Fulton County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 7:38 PM EDTTornado F1Smyrna, GAA preliminary survey confirmed a small F1 tornado touched down for less than 30 seconds. Path width 30 yards...Length 100 yards. A Dairy Queen sustained the worst damage, as the roof was completely destroyed. A pay phone on the southeast side of the buildin

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 302328
SVRATL
GAC067-121-010015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
727 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN COBB COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN COBB
COUNTY BETWEEN MABLETON AND SMYRNA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN METRO ATLANTA AREA BY
750 PM.
 
 
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 30, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
GAZ026-028-302230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
529 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL HAS
DEVELOPED OVER BANKS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS STORM IS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH FRANKLIN AND HART
COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE REMAIN
ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW
PLACES ON THE ROADWAYS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. BOATER SHOULD SEEK
A SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE THREAT OF THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
GAZ026-028-302230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA
529 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL HAS
DEVELOPED OVER BANKS COUNTY OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THIS STORM IS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH FRANKLIN AND HART
COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE REMAIN
ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW
PLACES ON THE ROADWAYS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. BOATER SHOULD SEEK
A SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE THREAT OF THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
GAZ002-003-004-012-302230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

AT 515 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ALONG I-75 FROM CHATANOOGA
TENNESSEE SOUTH TO NEAR CALHOUN IN GORDON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON I-75 CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...LOW VISIBILITIES...SMALL HAIL...AND OCCASSIONAL WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL OF THE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS THE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS
CREATING HAZARDOUS HYDROPLANING CONDITIONS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSI4NGS.

CORRECTED TYPOS ONLY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:50 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

517 PM    ATHENS                  GA        LARGE LIMBS DOWN 2E AIRPORT
          CLARKE                            HANGER DOOR BLEW OFF
                                            GUST 43 KNOTS AT WSO AHN
Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:53 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
650 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

517 PM    ATHENrS                  GA        LARGE LIMBS DOWN 2E AIRPORT
          CLARKE                            HANGER DOOR BLEW OFF
                                            GUST 43 KNOTS AT WSO AHN
Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:23 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
720 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

605 PM    5-6W OF TATE ON HWY 108  GA       POSSIBLE TORNADO
          PICKENS COUNTY                    TREES DOWN ON CARS
                                            ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE

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, 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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.