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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Atlanta, GA

June 30, 1995Bibb County, Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1995, 8:37 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Twiggs County, Georgia. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 1995, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA, Twiggs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 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 
WUUS1 KATL 010038 RRA
SVRATL
GAC021-153-289-010130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
837 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BIBB COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY...TWIGGS COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
THE MACON AIRPORT IN SOUTHERN BIBB COUNTY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AT THE AIRPORT RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 59 MPH FROM
THE SEVERE STORM.  THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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.
 
 
 
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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 30, 5:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 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, 1 hour 47 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, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 14 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

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:07 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
807 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

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

615 PM    ELLIJAY                           TREES DOWN NEAR ZION HILL
          GILMER COUNTY                     CHURCH

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:08 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
807 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 1995

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

615 PM    ELLIJAY                           TREES DOWN NEAR ZION HILL
          GILMER COUNTY                     CHURCH

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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.