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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 3, 1995Madison County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 8:54 PM EDT for Madison County, Georgia. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 1995, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Madison County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 1422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 040100 COR
SVRATL
GAC195-040130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
854 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

   ...MADISON COUNTY

AT 853 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
DANIELSVILLE 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.

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, Jul 3, 4:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

GAZALL-032100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
435 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
EXTREME EAST AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

ALTHOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME EAST AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED.

KM

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

ALZ048-032345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
636 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...

AT 530 PM CDT...630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AUBURN TO 5 MILES WEST OF HURTSBORO TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT THIRTY MINUTES.

THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CAPABALE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

ALZ048-032345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
636 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
ALABAMA...

AT 530 PM CDT...630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AUBURN TO 5 MILES WEST OF HURTSBORO TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY DURING THE NEXT THIRTY MINUTES.

THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CAPABALE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:58 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
755 PM EDT MON JUL 4 1995

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

748 PM    ROMEP                    GA        FLOYD CO 911 REPORTED HAIL
          FLOYD                             DIME TO QUARTER SIZE. NUMEROUS
                                            TREES BLOWN DOWN IN ROME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Dawson, Gilmer, Pickens	49 min
Jul 3, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Fannin	27 min
Jul 4, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crisp	28 min
Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Crawford	66 min
Jul 4, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Monroe	56 min
Jul 4, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	51 min
Jul 4, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Walker	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995 Every 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.