Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 23, 1995Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 6:13 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1494 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
1494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KATL 232215 RRA
SVRATL
GAC303-232300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
613 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
OCONEE MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YXOUR 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs50 min
Jul 23, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens48 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.