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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 11, 1995Johnson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 11:46 PM EDT for Johnson County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 864 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 120348 RRA
SVRATL
GAC167-120415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1146 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY
 
AT 1145 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WRIGHTSVILLE
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 11, 5:53 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-112255-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
553 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS MOVING INTO
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

AT 549 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN MUSCOGEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE
...AND STEWART COUNTIES OVER THE PAST HOUR.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 15-20 MPH.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
ALZ048-GAZ089-090-102-112255-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA
553 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS MOVING INTO
WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

AT 549 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN MUSCOGEE...CHATTAHOOCHEE
...AND STEWART COUNTIES OVER THE PAST HOUR.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 15-20 MPH.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
826 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995

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

645 PM    8 MILES W OF HAMILTON  GA         3 TREES WERE BROKEN OFF
          HARRIS                            WITH ONE BLOCKING GEORGIA
                                            HIGHWAY 129. HIGH WINDS AND
                                            FREQUENT LIGHTNING REPORTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel46 min
Jul 11, 11:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington25 min
Jul 12, 12:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Laurens30 min
Jul 12, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Treutlen54 min
Jul 12, 1:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge49 min
Jul 12, 1:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston45 min
Jul 12, 2:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery41 min
Jul 12, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Rabun48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every 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.