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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 16, 1995Jefferson County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Johnson County, Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 1053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 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 
TTAA00 KATL 170147 RRA
SVRATL
GAC163-167-303-170230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
945 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...JOHNSON COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE JOHNSON
WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 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.
 
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

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
515 PM EDT MON JUL 16 1995

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

330 PM    JONESBORO               GA        CLAYTON COUNTY 911
          CLAYTON                           REPORTED WINDOWS BLOWN
                                            IN AT A BUSINESS ON TARA
                                            BLVD IN JONESBORO.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Habersham	44 min
Jul 17, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Coweta, Fayette, Fulton	26 min
Jul 17, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Meriwether	54 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.