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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 1995Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 5:21 PM EDT for Bibb County, Houston County, Georgia. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 1995, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 1995, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bibb County, GA, Houston County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 262119 RRA
SVRATL
GAC021-153-262215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
521 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BIBB COUNTY...NORTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 517 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WARNER ROBBINS AFB MOVING NORTH 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 THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, 5 hours 16 minutes 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.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:07 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

130PM     CONYERS                 GA     TRESS DOWN ON CAR IN CONYERS.
          ROCKDALE COUNTY                ALSO SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER
                                         LINES SAME AREA. REPORTED BY
                                         PUBLIC.

315PM     WHITE PLAINS            GA     TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
          HANCOCK COUNTY                 REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY
                                         OFFICIALS.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:10 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
510 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

130PM     CONYERS                 GA     TRESS DOWN ON CAR IN CONYERS.
          ROCKDALE COUNTY                ALSO SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON POWER
                                         LINES SAME AREA. REPORTED BY
                                         PUBLIC.

315PM     WHITE PLAINS            GA     TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
          HANCOCK COUNTY                 REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY
                                         OFFICIALS.

/

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:14 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

315PM     SPARTA                  GA     TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES
          HANCOCK COUNTY                 NORTHWEST TO EAST OF SPARTA.
                                         REPORTED BY POWER OFFICIALS.

330PM     MAYFIELD-BARNETT        GA     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON POWER
          WARREN COUNTY                  LINES. REPORTED BY POWER
                                         OFFICIALS.

352PM     GREENSBORO              GA     TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 78...
          GREENE COUNTY                  10 MILES EAST OF GREENSBORO.
                                         REPORTED BY GREENE CO SHERIFF.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

315PM     SPARTA                  GA     TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES
          HANCOCK COUNTY                 NORTHWEST TO EAST OF SPARTA.
                                         REPORTED BY POWER OFFICIALS.

330PM     MAYFIELD-BARNETT        GA     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON POWER
          WARREN COUNTY                  LINES. REPORTED BY POWER
                                         OFFICIALS.

352PM     GREENSBORO              GA     TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 78...
          GREENE COUNTY                  10 MILES EAST OF GREENSBORO.
                                         REPORTED BY GREENE CO SHERIFF.

            E:

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
520 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

315PM     SPARTA                  GA     TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES
          HANCOCK COUNTY                 NORTHWEST TO EAST OF SPARTA.
                                         REPORTED BY POWER OFFICIALS.

330PM     MAYFIELD-BARNETT        GA     NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON POWER
          WARREN COUNTY                  LINES. REPORTED BY POWER
                                         OFFICIALS.

352PM     GREENSBORO              GA     TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 78...
          GREENE COUNTY                  10 MILES EAST OF GREENSBORO.
                                         REPORTED BY GREENE CO SHERIFF.

            E:

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock, Warren	54 min
Jul 26, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Monroe	44 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Lamar	50 min
Jul 26, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	26 min
Jul 26, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Washington	49 min
Jul 26, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Laurens, Wilkinson	45 min
Jul 26, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Paulding, Polk	48 min
Jul 26, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Carroll, Haralson	51 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.