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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 292, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 24, 1995Toombs County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1995, 3:53 PM EDT for Toombs County, Georgia. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1995, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Toombs County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1000 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
1000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 241951 RRA
SVRATL
GAC279-242030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
353 PM EDT MON JUL 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYONS
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL TjHE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMacon48 min
Jul 24, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach29 min
Jul 24, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJefferson45 min
Jul 24, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson25 min
Jul 24, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens48 min

Nearby

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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.