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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 1995Crisp County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 3:02 PM EDT for Crisp County, Georgia. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 1995, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Crisp County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 041905 RRA
SVRATL
GAC081-041930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
302 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...CRISP COUNTY
 
AT 3PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CORDELE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 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 FRO4M WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...REPORTS FOR MONDAY, JULY 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

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

900 PM    WALESKA                GA         SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON
          CHEROKEE                          POWERLINES-POWER OUT IN
                                            WALESKA. AMICALOLA EMC.

945 PM    JASPER                 GA         TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES
          PICKENS                           ON BURNT MTN RD NORTH OF
                                            JASPER. POWER OUT.
                                            AMICALOLA EMC.

1000 PM   ELLIJAY                GA         POWER OUTAGES-TREES DOWN
          GILMER                            ON POWERLINES ON FLAT
                                            BRANCH RD NORTH OF
                                            ELLIJAY. AMICALOLA EMC.

MSS

Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...REPORTS FOR MONDAY, JULY 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1000 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

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

900 PM    WALESKA                GA         SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON
          CHEROKEE                          POWERLINES-POWER OUT IN
                                            WALESKA. AMICALOLA EMC.

945 PM    JASPER                 GA         TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES
          PICKENS                           ON BURNT MTN RD NORTH OF
                                            JASPER. POWER OUT.
                                            AMICALOLA EMC.

1000 PM   ELLIJAY                GA         POWER OUTAGES-TREES DOWN
          GILMER                            ON POWERLINES ON FLAT
                                            BRANCH RD NORTH OF
                                            ELLIJAY. AMICALOLA EMC.

MSS

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091>
098-103>113-050000-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1110 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

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

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

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

KM

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:37 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-042040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
237 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LEE COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND ARE MOVING INTO MUSCOGEE COUNTY.

PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS

 SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:41 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-120-042040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
237 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LEE COUNTY ALABAMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND ARE MOVING INTO MUSCOGEE COUNTY.

PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AS

 SOME OF THXESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Madison	36 min
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, 3:54 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.