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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 1995Walker County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 7:26 PM EDT for Walker County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Walker County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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 
WUUS1 KATL 042328 RRA
SVRATL
GAC295-050015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
726 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...WALKER COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
 
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 CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMadison36 min
Jul 3, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDawson, Gilmer, Pickens49 min
Jul 3, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFannin27 min
Jul 4, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrisp28 min
Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford66 min
Jul 4, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe56 min
Jul 4, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson51 min

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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.