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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 1995Laurens County, Wilkinson County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT for Laurens County, Wilkinson County, Georgia. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Laurens County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 262313 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-319-270000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
715 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...NORTHERN LAURENS COUNTY...EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 713 PM EDT NATIONAL WETHER SERVICE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBLIN MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH A 5
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

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 10 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.
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:27 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

400PM     THOMAxSTON               GA     TREES DOWN SOUTH OF THOMASTON.
          UPSON COUNTY                   REPORTED BY UPSON CO EMC.
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:30 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

400PM     THOMASTON               GA     TREES DOWN SOUTH OF THOMASTON.
          UPSON COUNTY                   REPORTED BY UPSON CO EMC.
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:39 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

509PM     EATONTON                GA     TREES DOWN ACROSS COLE BRANCH
          PUTNAM COUNTY                  AND PEA RIDGE ROADS. REPORTED
                                         BY PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF.
Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
640 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

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

509PM     EATONTON                GA     TREES DOWN ACROSS COLE BRANCH
          PUTNAM COUNTY                  AND PEA RIDGE ROADS. REPORTED
                                         BY PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHancock, Warren54 min
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, 7:27 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.