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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 17, 1995Jones County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT for Jones County, Georgia. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1995-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1562 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 1995-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 180101
SVRATL
GAC169-180145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
901 PM EDT MON JUL 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JONES COUNTY
 
AT 900 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROUND
OAK MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
ARE WAYSIDE AND BRADLEY.
 
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.

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 17, 5:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb26 min
Jul 18, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMarion, Schley33 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.