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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 1995Washington County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 6:11 PM EDT for Washington County, Georgia. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 1995, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Atlanta, GA
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 262209 RRA
SVRATL
GAC303-262300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
611 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES WEST OF SANDERSVILLE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY.
 
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 XALL 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

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:14 PM EDT, 57 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, 55 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, 51 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, 5:23 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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

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

428PM     LAGRANGE                GA     FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT
          TROUP COUNTY                   INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND
                                         WHITEVILLE ROAD BY PATROLMAN.
                                         TREE DOWN ON HOUSE...JEFFERSON
                                         STREET IN LAGRANGE. ALSO TREE
                                         DOWN ON HILL STREET. REPORTED
                                         BY LAGRANGE POLICE.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:25 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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

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

428PM     LAGRANGE                GA     FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT
          TROUP COUNTY                   INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 27 AND
                                         WHITEVILLE ROAD BY PATROLMAN.
                                         TREE DOWN ON HOUSE...JEFFERSON
                                         STREET IN LAGRANGE. ALSO TREE
                                         DOWN ON HILL STREET. REPORTED
                                         BY LAGRANGE POLICE.

Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:05 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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

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

300PM     MCWHORTER               GA     TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH
          DOUGLAS COUNTY                 OF MCWHORTER. REPORTED BY
                                         DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF.

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, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Bibb, Houston	54 min
Jul 26, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FFC	Hancock	26 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995 Every 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.