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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Atlanta, GA

January 6, 1995Upson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 8:04 PM EST for Upson County, Georgia. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 1995, 8:04 PM EST (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 1995, 8:30 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

County Upson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 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 070108 RRA
SVRATL
GAC293-070130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
804 PM EST FRI JAN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...UPSON COUNTY
 
AT 810 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN 5 SOUTH OF
THOMASTON IN UPSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 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 YOURJ HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR UPDATES ON
THIS POSSIBLY DANGEROUS STORM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson61 min
Jan 6, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPeach61 min
Jan 6, 9:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBaldwin61 min
Jan 6, 10:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCGlascock, Jefferson, Washington38 min
Jan 6, 11:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTwiggs, Wilkinson60 min
Jan 7, 1:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJenkins, Screven60 min
Jan 7, 2:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCScreven63 min

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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.