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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 3, 1995Baldwin County, Jones County, Putnam County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1995, 4:25 PM EDT for Baldwin County, Jones County, Putnam County, Georgia. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1995, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Baldwin County, GA, Jones County, GA, Putnam County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1995-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1995-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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 
WUUS1 KATL 032025 RRA
SVRATL
GAC009-169-207-035-159-237-255-171-199-231-032115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
425 PM EDT THU AUG 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY...JONES COUNTY...MONROE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
 
   ...BUTTS COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA
 
   ...SPALDING COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...LAMAR COUNTY...MERIWETHER COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MILE AN HOUR. THESE STORMS EXTENDED
FROM JUST SOUTH OF MANCHESTER TO ROBERTA TO MACON TO IRWINTON. STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS WITHIN THE PAST
HOUR.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBibb, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson32 min
Aug 3, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCrawford, Peach, Taylor32 min
Aug 3, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCTalbot, Upson32 min
Aug 3, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCButts, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding50 min
Aug 3, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJasper, Monroe50 min
Aug 3, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHarris, Troup35 min
Aug 3, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCClayton, Henry, Newton, Spalding53 min
Aug 3, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCoweta, Fayette, Heard53 min
Aug 3, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCarroll27 min
Aug 3, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Paulding36 min
Aug 3, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCFulton36 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.