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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 26, 1995Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT for Paulding County, Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Paulding County, GA, Polk County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 262325 RRA
SVRATL
GAC223-233-270015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
727 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...PAULDING COUNTY...EASTERN POLK COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKMART
GEORGIA MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, 6:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 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, 57 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, 48 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, 47 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, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 minute 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....

655-      CEDARTOWN               GA     TREES DOWN ALL OVER CEDARTOWN
 735 PM   POLK   COUNTY                  AND WEST POLK COUNTY. REPORTED
                                         BY POLK COUNTY 911.

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, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Wilkinson45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.