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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 25, 1995Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 7:48 PM EDT for Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Laurens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1995-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1168 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 1995-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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 252345 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-260030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
748 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LAURENS COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF CADWELL IN SOUTHWEST LAURENS COUNTY MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
 
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 25, 4:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
435 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995

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

800PM     DUBLIN                  GA     WIND BLEW IN PLATE GLASS WINDOW
7/24/95   LAURENS COUNTY                 AT AUTO DEALORSHIP. 7 VEHICLES
                                         REPORTED DAMAGE BY FLYING
                                         GLASS. REPORT FROM EMA AND
                                         CONFIRMED BY AUTO DEALORSHIP.
                                         EMA ALSO REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
                                         BLOWN DOWN EASTERN PORTION OF
                                         COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
435 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 1995

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

800PM     DUBLIN                  GA     WIND BLEW IN PLATE GLASS WINDOW
7/24/95   LAURENS COUNTY                 AT AUTO DEALORSHIP. 7 VEHICLES
                                         REPORTED DAMAGE BY FLYING
                                         GLASS. REPORT FROM EMA AND
                                         CONFIRMED BY AUTO DEALORSHIP.
                                         EMA ALSO REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
                                         BLOWN DOWN EASTERN PORTION OF
       ^                                  COUNTY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTelfair48 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.