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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 1995Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 3:06 PM EDT for Hancock County, Warren County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, GA, Warren County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1193 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 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 261905 RRA
SVRATL
GAC141-301-262000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
306 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY...WESTERN WARREN COUNTY
 
AT 303 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPARTA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
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

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-091>
098-103>113-262200-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
12 NOON EDT TUE JUL 26 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AFTERNOON HEATING COMBINED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
WILL PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THEY ARE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMonroe44 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLamar50 min
Jul 26, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Houston54 min
Jul 26, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock26 min
Jul 26, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington49 min
Jul 26, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson45 min
Jul 26, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPaulding, Polk48 min
Jul 26, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll, Haralson51 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.