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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 18, 1995Macon County, Sumter County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 3:33 PM EDT for Macon County, Sumter County, Georgia. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Macon County, GA, Sumter County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 1995-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 755 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 1995-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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 181934 RRA
SVRATL
GAC193-261-182015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
333 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY...SUMTER COUNTY
 
AT 330 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AROUND 5
MILES SOUTH OF MONTEZUMA IN SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTH AT 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWashington40 min
Aug 18, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCWilkinson33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.